LessonsStates of the Subject: Omission, Mention and Pronominal DefinitenessQuiz

An omission may also produce the opposite impression: the subject is regarded as unworthy of being named. The text calls this the reverse of reverential restraint. The external device—suppressing a name—is the same, but its effect is entirely different because of context.

أو عكسه
Or for the opposite purpose.

PurposeIntended effect
Protective reverenceOmitting a respected name to suggest veneration
The reverseOmitting an unworthy name to suggest contempt

Both require a recoverable subject. If the audience cannot identify the person, the deletion may create uncertainty without conveying either reverence or disdain.

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The opposite implication: disdain

States of the Subject: Omission, Mention and Pronominal Definiteness

An omission may also produce the opposite impression: the subject is regarded as unworthy of being named. The text calls this the reverse of reverential restraint. The external device—suppressing a name—is the same, but its effect is entirely different because of context.

أو عكسه
Or for the opposite purpose.

PurposeIntended effect
Protective reverenceOmitting a respected name to suggest veneration
The reverseOmitting an unworthy name to suggest contempt

Both require a recoverable subject. If the audience cannot identify the person, the deletion may create uncertainty without conveying either reverence or disdain.