Grammatical vs Prosiopesis - What's the difference?
grammatical | prosiopesis |
(linguistics) Acceptable as a correct sentence or clause as determined by the rules and conventions of the grammar, or morpho-syntax of the language.
Of or pertaining to grammar.
(grammar) Ellipsis of the beginning of a grammatical construction, common in informal speech and spontaneous written electronic communication, frequently occurring in stock phrases and interjections.
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As an adjective grammatical
is acceptable as a correct sentence or clause as determined by the rules and conventions of the grammar, or morpho-syntax of the language.As a noun prosiopesis is
ellipsis of the beginning of a grammatical construction, common in informal speech and spontaneous written electronic communication, frequently occurring in stock phrases and interjections.grammatical
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Your writing is not grammatical enough for publication.
- My friend used a grammatical textbook to support her argument.
Antonyms
* (acceptable) ungrammaticalDerived terms
* grammatical aspect * grammaticality * grammatical mood * grammaticalnessprosiopesis
English
Noun
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- Traditional rhetoric was much concerned with the phenomenon of elision, because of the implications for constructing well-formed metrical lines, which would scan well. In rhetorical terminology, an elision in word-initial position was known as aphaeresis'' or ''prosiopesis'' , in word-medial position as ''syncope'', and in word-final position as ''apocope . A similar classification was made for the opposite of elision, intrusion.
- The students of English were making good progress in getting to grips with the intricacies of informal constructions, peppering their conversations with proverbial idioms and substituting stock phrases like ''Good morning!'' and ''Thank you.'' with prosiopeses like ''Morning!'' and ''?Kyou.