LessonsWaṣl: Agreement of Form and Function, and the Unifying RelationQuiz

Even report + report or directive + directive does not automatically warrant coordination. A suitable jāmiʿ means more than the mere presence of nouns, verbs, or similarly shaped phrases.

When different persons receive separate predicates, their relationship and the relation between those predicates must be relevant to the speaker’s purpose. Superficial similarity is not sufficient grounds for waṣl.

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Agreement of sentence type is not sufficient

Waṣl: Agreement of Form and Function, and the Unifying Relation

Even report + report or directive + directive does not automatically warrant coordination. A suitable jāmiʿ means more than the mere presence of nouns, verbs, or similarly shaped phrases.

When different persons receive separate predicates, their relationship and the relation between those predicates must be relevant to the speaker’s purpose. Superficial similarity is not sufficient grounds for waṣl.