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Syntax & Word Order

Hendiadys

hen-DY-uh-dis / hɛnˈdaɪədɪs

One complex idea expressed as two nouns joined by 'and' — sound and fury instead of furious sound. Splitting the idea makes both halves stand equal and gives the phrase a strange doubleness. A Shakespeare favorite.

"the sound and the fury" — Macbeth

Don't confuse it with. Not a mere pair of things: in hendiadys the two nouns secretly name *one* thing.

Drill its family — Syntax & Word Order

In the Reader — 2 excerpts

He knew that the moment he allowed himself to feel to its fullness how they lived, the shame and misery of their lives, he would be swept out of himself with fear and despair.
— Richard Wright, Native Son · open the passage →
Barrabás came to us by sea, the child Clara wrote in her delicate calligraphy.
— Isabel Allende, The House of the Spirits · open the passage →

The rest of the family

Hyperbaton Anastrophe Periodic Sentence Cumulative (Loose) Sentence Parataxis Parenthesis Apposition / Appositive Zeugma Pleonasm Enumeration / Accumulatio Passive Voice Cleft Sentence