28 MAY 2013 by ideonexus

 Three Words Used in a List That Provides Examples of Each

When you say exergasia, synathroesmus, and incrementum together in a list, it seems to me that you have thereby given an example of all three devices in that same phrase.” Swan snorted at this. “How so, Socrates?” “ ‘Exergasia’ means ‘use of different phrases to express the same idea,’ ‘synathroesmus’ means ‘accumulation by enumeration,’ and ‘incrementum’ means ‘piling up points to make an argument.’ So listing them does all three, yes?” “And what argument would you be piling up points in?...
Folksonomies: grammar
Folksonomies: grammar
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A clever bit of dialogue between an AI and its owner.