Excuse me but how come you don't know about anaphora? English is my second language and I know about it. Are you native speakers of English?
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Oh, I read about the rhetorical device.
I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.
Excuse me but how come you don't know about anaphora? English is my second language and I know about it. Are you native speakers of English?
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good for you ,you fix it
good luck
Ah, Molly, Metal, Milky... just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.
I'm not a teacher, but I write for a living. Please don't ask me about 2nd conditionals, but I'm a safe bet for what reads well in (American) English.
You can speak English perfectly without knowing a bunch of jargon, and knowing such jargon doesn't help at all in using a language productively (though it does help in discussing it and may help in learning it). A little learning is a dangerous thing
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PS It is not anaphoric, but exophoric.
Last edited by BobK; 08-Mar-2011 at 15:06. Reason: PS added
See also our own glossary entry on Anaphora: Anaphora - Glossary Definition - UsingEnglish.com and on Exophora: Exophoric - Glossary Definition - UsingEnglish.com
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