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Thursday 25 June 2015

ambiguities of English language

We have heard that opposites attract, but we have never realised that our own English  language  which we speak and write every day, contains certain opposites to form a meaningful phrase. Just consider some  such opposites  which make sense, when used together.

1. Clearly Misunderstood. 
2.  Exact Estimate.  
3.  Small Crowd     
4. Act Naturally    
5. Found Missing
6. Fully Empty
7. Pretty Ugly
8.  Seriously Funny
9.  Only Choice
10  Original Copies
11. Alone Together
12. Deafening Silence
13. Civil War
14.  Bitter Sweet
15.  Conspicuous Absence
16.  Deafening Silence
17. Devout Atheist  
18. Deceptively Honest
19. Dull Roar
20. Even Odds
21 Larger Heart
22. Open Secret
23. Loud Whisper
24. Negative Growth
25. Old News
26  Random Order
27. Same Difference

Can you think of some  phrase which becomes meaningful with opposites.











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