LessonsAl-Wasl wa-l-Fasl: Rhetoric of Joining and Separating SentencesQuiz

كَوْنُ الْجُمْلَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ جَوَابًا عَنْ سُؤَالٍ نَشَأَ مِنَ الْجُمْلَةِ الْأُولَى
The second sentence answers a question naturally prompted by the first.

A listener hears the first statement and mentally asks a question that need not be spoken. The second sentence immediately answers it. Their relation resembles a question-and-answer exchange, so a conjunction is not required.

It is not complete connection, since the answer is not a mere restatement, nor complete disconnection, since there is a clear semantic link. Hence the name “resembling complete connection.”

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Near-complete connection: an implied question

Al-Wasl wa-l-Fasl: Rhetoric of Joining and Separating Sentences

كَوْنُ الْجُمْلَةِ الثَّانِيَةِ جَوَابًا عَنْ سُؤَالٍ نَشَأَ مِنَ الْجُمْلَةِ الْأُولَى
The second sentence answers a question naturally prompted by the first.

A listener hears the first statement and mentally asks a question that need not be spoken. The second sentence immediately answers it. Their relation resembles a question-and-answer exchange, so a conjunction is not required.

It is not complete connection, since the answer is not a mere restatement, nor complete disconnection, since there is a clear semantic link. Hence the name “resembling complete connection.”