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around, course” hirmos ambitus, circumductum, continuatio, conclusio, hirmus long loose |
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The periodic sentence, characterized by
the suspension of the completion of sense until its end. This has been
more possible and favored in Greek and Latin, languages already favoring
the end position for the verb, but has been approximated in uninflected
languages such as English.
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| Example Note the long delay prior to the occurrence of the sentence's main verb ("sing"): Of man's first disobedience and the fruit —John Milton, Paradise Lost Related Figures |
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