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Sound & Diction

Solecism

SOL-uh-siz-um / ˈsɒləsɪzəm

A deliberate breach of standard grammar — dialect, double negatives, non-standard forms — used for effect. In fiction it builds voice: the 'error' makes the speaker real.

"You don't know about me without you have read a book…" — Huck Finn

Don't confuse it with. An accidental solecism is just an error; the device requires the wrongness to be chosen and characterizing. Enallage is the classical name for expressive grammatical substitution.

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In the Reader — 1 excerpt

You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and
— Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn · open the passage →

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