SYLLEPSIS: syl-lep-sus.
The use of a word to modify or govern syntactically two or more words with only
one of which it formally agrees in gender, number or case. The use of a
word in the same grammatical relation to two adjacent words in the context with
one literal and the other metaphorical in sense.
What?
A figure of speech in which a word is applied to two others in different
senses, for instance,
He caught the train and a bad cold, or
two others of which it grammatically suits only one, for instance
Neither
they nor it is working.
Whatever, I am not sure any
of that was worth the trouble.
I did mention that today is Friday, right?
There was a really pretty sunrise this morning, which I got to see before I got
on the expressway. I left late for town this morning, since I had an
appointment to get my hair cut at 8:30. I was there by 8 o'clock, but my
hair cutter (Johnna) was late. I was finished by 9 o'clock though, so
that was okay.
Mostly an office day after
that. Chris and I did sub for Meals-On-Wheels this morning, so that was a
good thing. It was our usual route, so there was a bit of confusion; is
it Thursday again already?
Looking forward to doing as
little as possible for the next three days. I will try very hard to
accomplish as little as I can. I should excel at that.
Deeds, Actions, Changes,
WORDS, Kindnesses, Whirled Peas, FUN!
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