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donkey sentence

donkey sentence noun: a sentence that contains a pronoun with clear meaning (bound semantically) but whose syntactic role poses a challenge.

Noun

donkey sentence (plural donkey sentences)

  1. A sentence that contains a pronoun with clear meaning (bound semantically) but whose syntactic role poses a challenge.

Forms of donkey sentence

pluraldonkey sentences

Questions about donkey sentence

What does donkey sentence mean?
Donkey sentence means a sentence that contains a pronoun with clear meaning (bound semantically) but whose syntactic role poses a challenge.
What part of speech is donkey sentence?
Donkey sentence is a noun.
What is the plural of donkey sentence?
The plural of donkey sentence is donkey sentences.

Words near donkey sentence in the dictionary

  1. donkey punches
  2. donkey punching
  3. donkey rhubarb
  4. donkey route
  5. donkey routes
  6. donkey sentence
  7. donkey sentences
  8. donkey shoe
  9. donkey shoes
  10. donkey show
  11. donkey shows

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