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be beside the point |
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be beside the point to be in no way connected to the subject that is being discussed. Ian's a nice guy but that's beside the point. He doesn't have the right experience for the job. |
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In adapting Ken Kesey's novel, playwright Dale Wasserman kept the story in a mental asylum, but that appears to be beside the point. Focusing too closely on this question may be beside the point, as the essays in this book seem to take this for granted; the only commonality here is that of geographic inclusion, and perhaps rightly so. The poem, Shawcross maintains, helps readers live in uncertainty by showing that choices, as such, may well be beside the point, that life frequently offers not "either/or" but "this and that" (107). |
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