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“She was thoughtful, wise, curious, helpful, funny and so much more. In a complicated world her steady grace and resolve brought comfort and strength to us all.”
“She was one of my favorite people in the world and I will miss her so,”
To be fair Macron & Trudeau have both known the Queen for a lot longer, Truss didn’t have the opportunity to form a special relationship. It was if she was talking about a stranger.
Following his wonderful tribute a few months ago for the Jubilee weekend I expected nothing less. But some still feel it is appropriate to question him.
“She was thoughtful, wise, curious, helpful, funny and so much more. In a complicated world her steady grace and resolve brought comfort and strength to us all.”
“She was one of my favorite people in the world and I will miss her so,”
To be fair Macron & Trudeau have both known the Queen for a lot longer, Truss didn’t have the opportunity to form a special relationship. It was if she was talking about a stranger.
He also said “I can’t believe my last meeting with her was my last.”
We all know what he meant, but my kids found it hilarious.
He also said “I can’t believe my last meeting with her was my last.”
We all know what he meant, but my kids found it hilarious.
It's poetic and emphatic to repeat the word "last" to mean both "most recent" and "final". Works well in rhetoric and befits a stateman speaking at a podium, but would sound over-blown if used in the pub about a neighbour who had just died.
In a soundbite culture it is also very economical with the word-count.
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