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emphasize everything and nothing is emphasized

emphasize everything and nothing is emphasized is the alternative form of to emphasize everything is to emphasize nothing.

Meaning of to emphasize everything is to emphasize nothing

Proverb

to emphasize everything is to emphasize nothing

  1. Emphasize excessively and nothing will stand out.
    • The temptation is constantly to tresspass upon the domain of Elocution, and indicate beforehand all particular emphasis; moreover, to emphasize everything is to emphasize nothing.1886, John Scott Clark, chapter V, in A Practical Rhetoric for Instruction in English Composition and Revision in College and Intermediate Schools, New York: Henry Holt and Company, page 27

Questions about emphasize everything and nothing is emphasized

What is emphasize everything and nothing is emphasized the alternative form of?
Emphasize everything and nothing is emphasized is the alternative form of to emphasize everything is to emphasize nothing.

Words near emphasize everything and nothing is emphasized in the dictionary

  1. emphasises
  2. emphasising
  3. emphasizable
  4. emphasization
  5. emphasize
  6. emphasize everything and nothing is emphasized
  7. emphasized
  8. emphasizer
  9. emphasizers
  10. emphasizes
  11. emphasizing

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