pro-drop

n. (short for pronoun dropping)

  1. The phenomenon of omitting pronouns and their verbal scaffolding from conversational sentences.

Ever been to one of these? Going tomorrow evening. Want to join? Back at ten. —Mahangu Weerasinghe, “Pro-drop Party”

Posted by markpasc on March 16, 2007 in miscellany to 0 comments

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