Hendiadys
//hɛnˈdaɪ.ədɪs//
"Hendiadys" in a Sentence (2 examples)
Some examples of hendiadys comprise two words in the bound state; others, two words in appositional hendiadys. It would seem that certain cases of appositional hendiadys are closely related to wordpairs (see WORD-PAIRS, BREAK-UP), though which way the development proceeded is far from certain.
Each illustrates a different facet of verbal hendiadys in English.
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