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I've never come across the term "prosiopesis" before.
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A correspondent writes to ask for an explanation of prosiopesis and whether this can be used in relation to writing.
On prosiopesis DC 2009
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Metathesis as a particular example of prosiopesis?
On prosiopesis DC 2009
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I'm trying to look for examples in my native language Arabic, or specifically in my Kuwaiti Dialect, and whether there is such a grammatical term in Arabic Syntax called prosiopesis.
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As with prosiopesis, my body thinks it has created the substance typed the letters from the first T up to and including the second.
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A correspondent writes to ask for an explanation of prosiopesis and whether this can be used in relation to writing.
Archive 2009-07-01 DC 2009
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