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When the subject of a sentence is the same as the object of the previous sentence Welcome to the site! You could call it anaphora, which basically means "repetition", but that's less specific. I doubt whether there is a word for this that is actually in use; why do you need a special word? One could argue that this style is characterised by excessively short and numerous sentences. |
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May 20 |
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The proper usage of “putative”? +1 I agree with every single point. I think you would sooner use putative immediately before a noun (not before another adjective), where the noun expresses a status that can be disputed. |
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May 19 |
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FCE exam's troubling transformation sentence All right, if you say so. I wasn't sure because I have never seen such a trivial transformation in a test, but I have less experience than you. |
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May 19 |
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FCE exam's troubling transformation sentence But could that really be what the question wants you to do? It would be...trivial. |
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May 18 |
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“As if” & “As would be the case if”; Also, “As though” @StoneyB: Right, that is a good example (cf. Dutch als het ware, which use of as is now equally impossible outside this expression). |
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May 18 |
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“As if” & “As would be the case if”; Also, “As though” added 1404 characters in body |
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May 18 |
answered | “As if” & “As would be the case if”; Also, “As though” |
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May 17 |
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What word means “the thing you added” @rhetorician: And he calls those last words, and rotten with perfection, a "codicil"? That would indeed have to be metaphorical... |
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May 17 |
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Looking for a word that means the opposite of 'gilded' Possibly relevant: What types of antonyms are there?. |
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May 17 |
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What word means “the thing you added” @rhetorician: I believe it doesn't have to be a supplement to a will, but it has to be a supplement to a legal document, so it has to be a little sub-document in itself: not a single item in a list, which can be an addendum. |
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May 17 |
answered | What word means “the thing you added” |
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May 17 |
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What is THE shortest English verb? I've heard "U" used for "make a U-turn", as in "we need to go back, can you U here?". Perhaps this is not (yet...) in common use. |
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May 15 |
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Is the phrase “congenital birth defect” redundant? @J.R.: Yeah...but, since congenital usually has a broader meaning (correct me if I'm wrong), that sounds like a bad idea: just use some other term to specify a defect acquired as an embryo, such as in utero or embryogenic. |
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May 14 |
reviewed | Reject suggested edit on What is the meaning and origin of the common phrase “the world is your oyster”? |
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May 14 |
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Identifying the class of this word Possible duplicate of: What is the word that denotes the words preceding these nouns? Note that noun adjectives appear to be used more now than in the past; excessive use of noun adjectives is generally advised against by style books. As to your example, I agree with Bill. |
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May 13 |
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Are all English surnames-made-first-names masculine? This applies to modern names too. In Holland, short names are all the rage, for boys and girls. Boys are all called Fin and Sem and whatnot, which have no history or connotation at all: just random monosyllables. A girl was named Eh last year...luckily, she was unique. |
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May 12 |
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Are all English surnames-made-first-names masculine? When you say Mary was in the top 250 for boy's names, wasn't that as a middle name? It's still common in Holland, and probably in Germany too (possibly in Scandinavia too). |
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May 12 |
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“In a while” vs. “for a while” How does this apply to the example, and are you suggesting "for a while" cannot begin before "now" in the example (surely not?)? |
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May 12 |
answered | A Revelation (?) from MS Word |
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May 11 |
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Elision in the pronunciation of “probably” @Mynamite: Haha understandable. |
