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May 4, 2016 at 6:24	comment	added	Sven Yargs		I find the phrase thoroughly coherent both with regard to sense and with regard to grammar. If you have a specific argument to make about its grammatical failings, you ought to make it. As matters stand, you merely assert that it is ungrammatical, speculate about the root cause of its supposed failings, assert that it is meaningless, and then reiterate that it has no inherent meaning. That isn't an argument—it's a series of sometimes overlapping assertions made without pointing to any supporting evidence.
May 4, 2016 at 0:27	comment	added	Random832		Er, the full sentence is "Gautier was ..." - the fact that both clauses say "poet" makes the meaning unambiguous.
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