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   Sn!pe to Ammammata   
   Re: ( Antimetabole, Chiasmus ) ---- Corr   
   05 Apr 24 13:36:25   
   
   XPost: alt.usage.english, rec.puzzles   
   From: snipeco.2@gmail.com   
      
   [Followup-To: declined]   
      
   Ammammata  wrote:   
      
   > HenHanna formulated on Friday :   
   > > Here's why: -- Antimetabole involves the repetition   
   > >                    of the same words in a reversed  order   
   > >   
   >   
   > I read this somewhere, maybe related to someone brain:   
   >   
   > On the left there's nothing right, on the right there's nothing left.   
   >   
      
   In the case of motoring here in the UK:   
   The right side is the wrong side; the left side is the right side.   
      
   Furthermore:   
   Two wrongs don't make a right but three lefts do.   
      
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