nominativus pendens
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English[edit]
Examples |
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Two forms of the second amendment of the US Constitution |
Etymology[edit]
From Latin nominativus (“nominative case”) + pendens (“hanging, waiting”).
Noun[edit]
nominativus pendens
- (grammar) A noun phrase, introduced as if the subject of a sentence, that is not actually used as such.
- (rhetoric) Intentional use of such a construction.