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Sentences with PROCLITIC

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Sentences

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"The proclitic word 'isn't' is often used in spoken English."
2
"In some languages, proclitic pronouns attach to the beginning of a verb."
3
"The proclitic 'I'll' is a contraction of 'I will'."
4
"A proclitic is a word or morpheme that attaches at the front of another word."
5
"The proclitic 't' is often used in informal speech instead of 'it' in some dialects."
6
"The proclitic 's' in 'it's' indicates that it is a contraction of 'it is'."
7
"In Greek, the proclitic 'tha' is used to form future tense verb forms."
8
"The proclitic 'a' in English is commonly used before consonant sounds."
9
"A proclitic phrase is a group of words that functions as a single unit but attaches to another word."
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"In English, the contraction 't in 'tis' is a proclitic word."
2
"There are several proclitic pronouns in the English language."
3
"Some languages have proclitics that combine with verbs."
4
"Linguists use terms like 'enclitic' and 'proclitic' to describe word order."
5
"The proclitic 'im in 'impossible' is a contraction of the word 'in'."
6
"The proclitic 'o in o'clock' is a shortening of the word 'of'."
7
"In the phrase 'a-begging', the 'a-' is a proclitic prefix."
8
"The proclitic 't in 'twas' is a contraction of the word 'it'."
9
"Some proclitics can merge with the host word and change its form."
10
"In Old English, proclitics were more common than in Modern English."
11
"The proclitic 'em in 'embrace' is derived from the word 'hem'."
12
"Certain proclitic words can only attach to particular host words."
13
"The proclitic 'n in 'neath' is a contraction of the word 'beneath'."
14
"A proclitic is the opposite of an enclitic."
15
"The proclitics 't and 's in 'tis' are contractions of 'it' and 'is'."
16
"Some proclitics are considered archaic or outdated in modern usage."
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"The sentence contains a proclitic at the beginning."
2
"This proclitic is commonly used in that language."
3
"The proclitic affects the pronunciation of the following word."
4
"She mistakenly thought the proclitic was an enclitic."
5
"The proclitic changes the word order in some constructions."
6
"He emphasized the importance of proclitics in the lecture."
7
"The proclitic is often used as a prefix in this dialect."
8
"The sentence becomes ungrammatical without the proclitic."
9
"The proclitic has a weaker stress than the following word."
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