The Elements of Eloquence by Mark Forsyth

The Elements of Eloquence by Mark Forsyth

Author:Mark Forsyth
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Group, USA
Published: 2014-09-18T16:00:00+00:00


CHAPTER TWENTY

Enallage

Enallage (e-NALL-aj-ee) is a deliberate grammatical mistake. That definition raises all sorts of philosophical questions about whether a mistake can be deliberate, and all sorts of linguistic questions about what correct English grammar is and whether one chap ever really has the right to tell another chap he’s wrong. So perhaps it would be better to say that enallage is when a phrase stands out because of its unusual grammar. Simples.

At the end of Heart of Darkness, as they sail slowly back down the mysterious river . . .



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