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I'm no orator, as Brutus is. #1 (permalink) Sun Aug 23, 2009 5:46 am   I'm no orator, as Brutus is.		  
Hi guys,

this is my first visit here.

I have a question regarding the folllowing sentence

"I'm no orator, as Brutus is"

Does that mean Brutus is orator or Brutus is no orator ?

please advise

TG
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I'm no orator, as Brutus is. #2 (permalink) Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:32 am   I'm no orator, as Brutus is.		  
Dear Toygirl,

As far as I know Brutus was an excellent orator, otherwise he couldn't become one of the most odious Roman senators.

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I'm no orator, as Brutus is. #3 (permalink) Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:04 am   I'm no orator, as Brutus is.		  
Hi Toygirl,

What this means is: I am in no way as good an orator as Brutus.

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I'm no orator, as Brutus is. #4 (permalink) Sun Aug 23, 2009 8:24 am   I'm no orator, as Brutus is.		  
got it , thx Yuri and Alan
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