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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
You are not making any sense. You say that I'm taking "a rather narrow view" but then you explain this position "in the broadest sense". Are you not aware that narrow and broad are antonyms (opposite in meaning)?
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I am quite well aware of that. However, taking a narrow view of originality means taking an overly broad view of the works involved. I.e., any story about a boy meeting a girl is "unoriginal" because thousands if not millions of stories with this basic plot have been written.
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Bill