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extraposition
[ ek-struh-puh-zish-uhn ]
noun
, Linguistics.
- a rule of transformational grammar that shifts a subordinate or modifying clause to the end of a sentence, as in changing That you sign the paper is necessary to It is necessary that you sign the paper.
extraposition
/ ˌɛkstrəpəˈzɪʃən /
noun
- placement of something outside something else
- transformational grammar a rule that moves embedded clauses out to the end of the main clause, converting, for example, A man who will help has just arrived into A man has just arrived who will help
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