Steve Evans: Language Usage 6

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There are several interesting observations here. The obvious one being the serious of short declarative statements in sets of threes. This seems to be a characteristic of the American English language. Next are the multiple sets of alliterations. Again, common in the American English language. Finally, there is the move from the general to the inclusive specific (our, our, our) in the last set of three.