Sluicing, Diazeugma, and Telicity: There's a Name for It (#20)

In our extensive Glossary of Grammatical and Rhetorical Terms, you'll find a name for . . .

• a subject that appears at the end of a sentence, after the main verb: delayed subject


• the aspectual property of a verb phrase which indicates that an action or event has a clear endpoint: telicity


• a bogus entry deliberately inserted in a reference work as a safeguard against copyright infringement: Mountweazel


• a sentence construction in which a single subject is accompanied by multiple verbs: diazeugma


• a mocking or facetious reply that employs word play: asteismus


• a type of ellipsis in which an interrogative element is understood as a complete question: sluicing


• the redundant use of a word that is already included in an acronym or initialism (such as "PIN number"): RAS syndrome


• an infinitive construction in which the agent either appears in a prepositional phrase after the verb or is not identified at all: passive infinitive

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Image: examples of telicity and atelicity