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📌 Enallage

Definition:
Enallage is a rhetorical device where the writer or speaker deliberately uses incorrect grammar, tense, or word form to create a stylistic effect. Instead of following strict grammar rules, the “wrong” usage draws attention, adds emphasis, or conveys a particular tone.

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✅ Examples:

1. “We was robbed!” — instead of “We were robbed.” (emphasizes outrage).
2. Shakespeare: “Is there not wars? Is there not employment?” — uses nonstandard subject-verb agreement for dramatic effect.

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💡 In short, enallage bends grammar rules on purpose to make language more powerful, emotional, or memorable.

And there it is! Now go ahead and use enallage in your CXC prep/CSEC prep.

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