Term of Art: Determinative

“Determinative: Indicating the pointing forward to a subsequent phrase or clause that explains or completes, e.g., ‘such words as…,’ ‘the one that….’”

Excerpted from: Grambs, David. The Random House Dictionary for Writers and Readers. New York: Random House, 1990.

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