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Re: ot- I could hardly fail to disagree with you less.



David Auerbach wrote:
By me, litotic constructions are not unfavored. (Points to those who know the name of the construction just used.
Did you intend anastrophe or hyperbaton? I cannot find definitions
that clarify the distinction--if any--between them.
(And to be perfectly honest, I had to rummage about in Fowler's
Technical Terms entry to refresh my memory. But I couldn't resist a
challenge like that.)

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Patricia M. Godfrey
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