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clausal complement

Language; General language

A clause used as a complement, i.e. used to complete the sentence's meaning.

clause

Language; General language

A part of a sentence that itself includes a subject and a predicate.

cledonism

Language; General language

The use of circumlocution to avoid saying words that you believe are unlucky - e.g. most people avoid saying words like died or Nixon.

cleft infinitive

Language; General language

Another name for the split infinitive, i.e. an infinitive that has an adverb between the to and the verbal part

cohortative

Language; General language

A grammatical mood that is used to express a plea, insistence, imploring, a wish, desire, purpose, or intent.

cohyponymic transfer

Language; General language

A process of semantic change specific to taxonomical naming where the same word is used to denote different but similar things.

colon (:)

Language; General language

A punctuation mark (:) that is normally used to indicate a pause greater than a semicolon, but less than a period.

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