A pro-sentence is a sentence where the subject pronoun has been dropped and therefore the sentence has a null subject. Languages differ within this parameter...
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way. A pro-verb substitutes a verb or a verb phrase: do, as in: "I will go to the party if you do". A pro-sentence substitutes an entire sentence or subsentence:...
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In semantics, a donkey sentence is a sentence containing a pronoun which is semantically bound but syntactically free. They are a classic puzzle in formal...
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called "filled pauses" expletives — take the place of sentences, among other functions. pro-sentences — yes, no, okay, etc. Content word, words that name...
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Preposition stranding (redirect from Sentence-final preposition)
immediately before its corresponding object; for example, at the end of a sentence. The term preposition stranding was coined in 1964, predated by stranded...
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pronoun that marks a relative clause. An example is the word which in the sentence "This is the house which Jack built." Here the relative pronoun which introduces...
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Mandatory sentencing requires that offenders serve a predefined term of imprisonment for certain crimes, commonly serious or violent offenses. Judges are...
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Personal pronoun (section Pronoun vs pro-form)
A pro-form is a type of function word or expression that stands in for (expresses the same content as) another word, phrase, clause or sentence where...
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adjective-noun noun phrase, whose remnant thus is a nominalization. In the sentence, "I read two books to them; he preferred the sad book, but she preferred...
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adverb (a word that addresses how, where, when, and how often) or end a sentence. For example: "The woman spoke softly." "The athlete ran faster than the...
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