clitics

And seriously, who on earth sits about fretting over wasting clitics?

Omit Needless Clitics « Motivated Grammar 2008

And seriously, who on earth sits about fretting over wasting clitics?

2008 February « Motivated Grammar 2008

I think we were too, but that's because teachers didn't and doubtless don't understand clitics.

languagehat.com: CLITICS. 2004

Agglutination A mechanism definitely needed for the floating copula (as well as other clitics) in Polish. powinniście znać − słyszeliście − gdzieżeście słyszeli …?

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Or, alternatively, for many speakers of English, “I” and other subject pronouns have been converted to clitics, and thus can’t stand alone but only work in conjoined phrases (thus “for Bob and I”) or with verbs (thus “Who wants lunch?

Whoever v. Whomever! Cases collide! Match of the Century! « Motivated Grammar 2009