Term of Art: Partitive

Posted on June 5, 2020 | Leave a comment

“Partitive: Indicating restricting, setting off, or only a part of, e.g. ‘a scrap of food,’ ‘one of your friends.’”

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

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