Comment on How to Talk to Human BeingsparentComments−devilant14yJeff used a rhetorical device called hyperbole. He does not literally kill a child multiple times each day.−shrikant14yAlso, as long as we're being literal about everything, it would be impossible to kill a child (or anything else..) multiple times.−Anderkent14yThe 'multiple times' annotates occurrence of desire, not the subject of desire. He doesn't "want to kill him many times", but many times a day he "wants to kill him".
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Jeff used a rhetorical device called hyperbole. He does not literally kill a child multiple times each day.
Also, as long as we're being literal about everything, it would be impossible to kill a child (or anything else..) multiple times.
The 'multiple times' annotates occurrence of desire, not the subject of desire. He doesn't "want to kill him many times", but many times a day he "wants to kill him".