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preterition

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Quite related, I think, is preterition: the act of mentioning something by saying you won't mention it.

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Quick take

suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted

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noun

suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted

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Example sentences

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Quite related, I think, is preterition: the act of mentioning something by saying you won't mention it.

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I forged it as a profile title[1], and so far no one dared to contradict me. :PNote that I won't lose my time in a preterition which is giving credits to Russell for the concept impredicativity and to Austin for the concept of performative sentence.

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How do you use preterition in a sentence?

Quite related, I think, is preterition: the act of mentioning something by saying you won't mention it.

What does preterition mean?

suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted

What part of speech is preterition?

preterition is commonly used as noun.