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minus-squarePeacepath@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoIt seems close to a zeugma (or syllepsis?). When you apply some part of a sentence to two others with different meanings… As in the sentence: “He took the country in ostage and a bullet in the head.” (Where “to take” is used with differents of its meaning). Yet, I am not sure, the figure here is a bit different…
It seems close to a zeugma (or syllepsis?). When you apply some part of a sentence to two others with different meanings…
As in the sentence:
“He took the country in ostage and a bullet in the head.”
(Where “to take” is used with differents of its meaning).
Yet, I am not sure, the figure here is a bit different…