Strandable

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 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."

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"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.

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