telic
Use Telic in a sentence
ɪk, ˈti adjective
1.
Grammar. expressing end or purpose: a telic conjunction.
2.
tending to a definite end.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | directed or moving towards some goal; purposeful |
| 2. | (of a clause or phrase) expressing purpose |
| [C19: from Greek telikos final, from telos end] | |
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Telic
is always a great word to know.
So is em dash. Does it mean:
| a dash one em long. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
Example sentences
Sentences were in either present or pa st progressive and used telic predicates.
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