Strandable
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Able to be left without an expressed complement adjacent to it.
"My proposed analysis, therefore, makes an interesting prediction in these cases, namely, that the prepositions which are not strandable under regular wh-movement become strandable under sluicing."
Example
More examples"My proposed analysis, therefore, makes an interesting prediction in these cases, namely, that the prepositions which are not strandable under regular wh-movement become strandable under sluicing."
Etymology
From strand + -able.