diamondcutter
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“I hate the bloody stuff,” my father used to say, tossing down straight shots of whiskey. “Ah...” Once he had conquered the agony of getting it down, he glowed with the pleasure of it
Source: Paragraph Practice, 5th edition 1984, Kathleen E. Sullivan
Does the word “straight” mean “not mixed with water or anything else” and modify the noun “whiskey”? If so, why isn’t it put just before “whiskey”?
Source: Paragraph Practice, 5th edition 1984, Kathleen E. Sullivan
Does the word “straight” mean “not mixed with water or anything else” and modify the noun “whiskey”? If so, why isn’t it put just before “whiskey”?