It may be upbringing. From the time I could speak, I was raised not to exaggerate. Indeed, my father, who loves baseball and would have given his right arm to be ambidextrous, told me a million times not to exaggerate.
But where does that leave hyperbole as a rhetorical device?
HI Frank,Not to understate it, I agree with you. Yours,Rus
It may be upbringing. From the time I could speak, I was raised not to exaggerate. Indeed, my father, who loves baseball and would have given his right arm to be ambidextrous, told me a million times not to exaggerate.
ReplyDeleteBut where does that leave hyperbole as a rhetorical device?
ReplyDeleteHI Frank,
ReplyDeleteNot to understate it, I agree with you.
Yours,
Rus