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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Word Search #168027 05/02/2007 8:16 PM Joined: May 2007 Posts: 2 Magpie stranger Magpie stranger Joined: May 2007 Posts: 2 There's a word I heard a long time ago that means or refers to the use of improper grammar for the purpose of emphasis, and I have been trying to remember that word for years. Do you know it? Thanks, Margaret Buchanan Anu Fan Margaret Buchanan Buchanan Design buchanandesign@verizon.net 804.266.3446 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word Search Magpie #168029 05/02/2007 9:00 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass search for stylistic vices here; there appear to be lots of possibilities. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Word Search tsuwm #168030 05/02/2007 9:15 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park do you mean like using Ain't (i do in spoken conversation all the time.) i know ain't is no longer part of 'proper english' but i use it stylisticly... but there are other examples --what did you have in mind? my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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