Grammar structure
The sentence with underlines is contracted.
Could you tell when we can do so; for example, what parts of a sentence can be contracted like that?
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A conjunction has been omitted for literary impact. This literary device is called "asyndeton". It makes a more dramatic effect.
- A conjunction has been omitted for literary impact.
- This literary device is called "asyndeton".
- It makes a more dramatic effect.
- The omission of otherwise repeated phrases is called "ellipsis".
- It is a literary device to avoid unnecessary boring repetition.
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A conjunction has been omitted for literary impact. This literary device is called "asyndeton". It makes a more dramatic effect.
The omission of otherwise repeated phrases is called "ellipsis". It is a literary device to avoid unnecessary boring repetition. The reader fills in the omitted words in their mind. So there are two different stylistic devices going on in one sentence!
0You should use commas to mark the omissions, for example, "Lindbergh, of a man more brave …." It's kind of mandatory.
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