Blooper

[Robin Leech]

An enallage?  I do not think so.  An "enallage" is the substitution of one
grammatical form for another, as in plural for singular, of present for
past, etc.
I believe that it is really a double emphasis, or redundancy, created for
more impact or effect.  But, as Harrington points out, it is intentional.
Robin Leech
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mimi Harrington" <harringt at ZINNIA.NLM.NIH.GOV>
To: <TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG>
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 6:44 AM
Subject: Re: Blooper


> I believe it is a figure of speech. In this case it is (I think) an
enallage. An
> effective, intentional grammatical mistake.
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> >Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:37:59 -1000
> >From: Bernarr Kumashiro <bkumash at ELELE.PEACESAT.HAWAII.EDU>
> >Subject: Blooper
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> >Speaking of bloopers,  I  always had a hard time comprehending the phrase
> >"He was at the wrong place, at the wrong time".
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> >Shouldn't it be:
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> >He was at that (particular) place at the wrong time.
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> >He was at the wrong place at that (particular point in) time.  ????
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> >Or was it just meant to be a tricky phrase?
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> >Bernarr
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