IF IT WALKS LIKE A PROVERB AND TALKS LIKE A QUESTION

IF IT WALKS LIKE A PROVERB AND TALKS LIKE A QUESTION

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Although a small number of question-form phrases have been included in standard proverb dictionaries or have been Universal Laptop Charger Power Adaptor proposed for inclusion in future dictionaries, many of these phrases, although fixed in form, lack the truth-statement function that typifies most so-called true proverbs.This is also true of sarcastic interrogatives; although sarcastic interrogatives are (at least in some cases) fixed-form interrogatives, they do not state generalizable truths about the world or propose appropriate ways to respond to particular types of recurrent situations within it.Fixed-form rhetorical questions with a more clearly proverbial 3 Piece Outdoor Counter Height Dining Set function do exist, however, and a number of these proverbial interrogatives are here identified, described, and distinguished from other types of formulaic interrogatives.