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Praetermittere
How come I can find information about antithesis; apostrophe; conceit; hyperbole; irony; litotes; metaphor; metonymy; paradox; personification; simile; and synecdoche.
But I can't find anything about praetermittere? Am I misspelling it. I tried alternate spellings. Statements like, "I'm not going to talk about my two doctorates in economics and zoology, or my thesis on the relationship betrween the Euro and the kangaroo".
Help me out here.
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Chicago, 6 years
Brooklyn NY 12 years
Baltimore 17 years
But I can't find anything about praetermittere? Am I misspelling it. I tried alternate spellings. Statements like, "I'm not going to talk about my two doctorates in economics and zoology, or my thesis on the relationship betrween the Euro and the kangaroo".
Help me out here.
s/ meirman If you are emailing me please
say if you are posting the same response.
Born west of Pittsburgh Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis, 7 years
Chicago, 6 years
Brooklyn NY 12 years
Baltimore 17 years
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[nq:1]How come I can find information about antithesis; apostrophe; conceit; hyperbole; irony; litotes; metaphor; metonymy; paradox; personification; simile; and synecdoche. in economics and zoology, or my thesis on the relationship betrween the Euro and the kangaroo". [/nq] Are you looking for pretermitter?
- [nq:1]How come I can find information about antithesis; apostrophe; conceit; hyperbole; irony; litotes; metaphor; metonymy; paradox; personification; simile; and synecdoche.
- in economics and zoology, or my thesis on the relationship betrween the Euro and the kangaroo".
- [/nq] Are you looking for pretermitter?
- m.
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[nq:1]How come I can find information about antithesis; apostrophe; conceit; hyperbole; irony; litotes; metaphor; metonymy; paradox; personification; simile; and synecdoche. ... in economics and zoology, or my thesis on the relationship betrween the Euro and the kangaroo". Help me out here.[/nq]
Are you looking for pretermitter?
m.
Are you looking for pretermitter?
m.
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[nq:2]How come I can find information about antithesis; apostrophe; conceit; ... betrween the Euro and the kangaroo". Help me out here.[/nq]
[nq:1]Are you looking for pretermitter?[/nq]
Well, maybe I use the Latin name because I learned this in Latin class, but even with an English spelling, I can't find much about it.
I thought I would find it in a list of figures of speech. Or
[nq:1]Are you looking for pretermitter?[/nq]
Well, maybe I use the Latin name because I learned this in Latin class, but even with an English spelling, I can't find much about it.
I thought I would find it in a list of figures of speech. Or
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[nq:1]How come I can find information about antithesis; apostrophe; conceit; hyperbole; irony; litotes; metaphor; metonymy; paradox; personification; simile; and synecdoche. ... in economics and zoology, or my thesis on the relationship betrween the Euro and the kangaroo". Help me out here.[/nq]
The form "praetermittere" appears to be the original Latin. The OED has an entry at "pretermit" (w
The form "praetermittere" appears to be the original Latin. The OED has an entry at "pretermit" (w
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[nq:1]I thought I would find it in a list of figures of speech. Or is that the wrong word? Maybe it is a rhetorical device?[/nq]
It seems not to be (Fowler does not list it in his extensive list of "technical terms"). It appears to just be in English, anyway ordinary verb: to omit or leave out.
Cordially,
Eric Walker
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It seems not to be (Fowler does not list it in his extensive list of "technical terms"). It appears to just be in English, anyway ordinary verb: to omit or leave out.
Cordially,
Eric Walker
My opinions on English are available at
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[nq:1]How come I can find information about antithesis; apostrophe; conceit; hyperbole; irony; litotes; metaphor; metonymy; paradox; personification; simile; and synecdoche. ... about my two doctorates in economics and zoology, or my thesis on the relationship betrween the Euro and the kangaroo".[/nq]
(COD10)
preterition /%pri;t@"rIS
(COD10)
preterition /%pri;t@"rIS
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[nq:2]How come I can find information about antithesis; apostrophe; conceit; ... thesis on the relationship betrween the Euro and the kangaroo".[/nq]
[nq:1](COD10) preterition /%pri;t@"rIS
[nq:1](COD10) preterition /%pri;t@"rIS
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[nq:1]But I can't find anything about praetermittere? Am I misspelling it. I tried alternate spellings. Statements like, "I'm not ... in economics and zoology, or my thesis on the relationship betrween the Euro and the kangaroo". Help me out here.[/nq]
Lanham lists Praeteritio* under *Occupatio: A speaker emphasizes something by pointedly seeming to pass over it.
Joanne
Lanham lists Praeteritio* under *Occupatio: A speaker emphasizes something by pointedly seeming to pass over it.
Joanne
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[nq:2](COD10) preterition /%pri;t@"rIS
n/ =B7 n. the rhetorical technique of referring to something by professing to omit it.[/nq]
n/ =B7 n. the rhetorical technique of referring to something by professing to omit it.[/nq]00
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[nq:2]But I can't find anything about praetermittere? Am I misspelling ... betrween the Euro and the kangaroo". Help me out here.[/nq]
[nq:1]Lanham lists Praeteritio* under *Occupatio: A speaker emphasizes something by pointedly seeming to pass over it.[/nq]
That's it! Thanks a lot. It seems I have been using the wrong word for more than 30 years.
But wait:
[nq:2]But I can't find anything about praetermittere? Am I misspelling ... betrween the Euro and the kangaroo". Help me out here.[/nq]
[nq:1]Lanham lists Praeteritio* under *Occupatio: A speaker emphasizes something by pointedly seeming to pass over it.[/nq]
That's it! Thanks a lot. It seems I have been using the wrong word for more than 30 years.
But wait:
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Funny. I didn't get this post from Robert.
[nq:1] For which pretermission may also be used. This shows what happens when I fail to read all the fine print: the cross-reference was there at pretermission (apparently the rhetorical sense stans well behind the more ordinary one of a simple passing over).[/nq]
But not when one is showing off.
[nq:1] For which pretermission may also be used. This shows what happens when I fail to read all the fine print: the cross-reference was there at pretermission (apparently the rhetorical sense stans well behind the more ordinary one of a simple passing over).[/nq]
But not when one is showing off.
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