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No Okay Next up AP English lit People here ago

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in line one o nine confirmation functions as which of

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the following right line one o nine We're going to

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read it to you for no charge here one o

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nine There we go So here's that stands on trifles

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Light as air are to the jealous confirmations strong as

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proofs of holy writ like Lance Armstrong and maybe not

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Okay well think about it Shakespeare Yeah he's always making

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things harder than necessary especially with his conservative use of

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the word as well The syntax of this sentence is

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a little wacky but it can be rearranged and rephrased

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as the following to the jealous trifles as light as

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air are confirmation as strong as proofs of holy writ

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which is a phrase from the Bible that has unquestioned

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authority Right So the answer here is See it's a

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noun modified by strong alright loser bowl Well when the

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sentence is put into conventional syntax it becomes more evident

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that confirmation is a noun It is what the trifles

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are not in adjective So get rid of a B

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or adverts In this sense jealous is used as a

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noun not an adjective Rid e in the word people

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is implied as in to the jealous people Got it 00:01:21.41 --> [endTime] people That's it and you know we're death

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