What does enallage mean?
Enallage means (rhetoric) Transformation from one grammatically correct form to another..
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/ɛˈnæləd͡ʒiː/ · noun
(rhetoric) Transformation from one grammatically correct form to another..
And when all men shall have adopted this enallage, the fault indeed will be banished, or metamorphosed, but with it will go an other sixth part of every English conjugation.
Use enallage when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Enallage means (rhetoric) Transformation from one grammatically correct form to another..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
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And when all men shall have adopted this enallage, the fault indeed will be banished, or metamorphosed, but with it will go an other sixth part of every English conjugation.
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