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missdaredevil
Joined: 08 Dec 2004 Posts: 1670 Location: Ask me
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:20 pm Post subject: pralipsis |
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paralipsis
Drawing attention to something while claiming to be passing over it.
Paralipsis is especially handy in politics to point out an opponent's
faults. It typically involves these phrases:
"not to mention"
"to say nothing of"
"I won't speak of"
"leaving aside"
Does anyone have examples of it? |
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pugachevV
Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 2295
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:30 am Post subject: |
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The Smith's are heading for trouble. They are trying to maintain three expensive homes, they own expensive cars; not to mention the fact that they owe the bank over a million dollars.. |
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