Combining verbs with multiple meanings is a waste of language.
Why can’t I use a verb with multiple meanings in the same sentence?
What is a little familiar in the classic Flanders Swann song Madeira M’Dear :
He hastened to put out his cat, his wine, his cigar and the lamps. ;).
What is a structure?
Why?
What is syllepsis? What is syllepsis slepsis?
-ses |-sz|),
a figure of speech in which a word is applied to two others in different senses, e.g. a sentence to be “written out” Sucking cold ; caught train, B & C ), or both other of which it grammatically suits only one (e.g. sucking cold) to you or to one other (1 for escaping from train and catching the train) or other (at least other (another) of which it fits only one (no mention of this) (no reference here) of which it grammatically suits only one (e.g. the encrasing cold) (ex: , neither they nor it is functioning ). Can
NOAD be used with good or bad effect? Unless carefully handled, it can simply cause confusion or sound silly, as above.
For more information, compare with zeugma.
