1) To completely confuse someone when it is least expected or appropriate.
2) Used to get someones attention by suprising them with an unexpected response to a question or comment.
Jim: "Hey Bob, beautiful weather we're having isn't it?"
Instead of: "I can have that done for you in few hours, sir", using Tarzan English, they would say something along the lines of: "Only few hours, sir, for you I have that done!"
The attempt to quantifylanguage by forcing parameters, such as Jane Schafer Method, on writers, and thereby inhibiting the creativity of entire student populations.
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A concrete detail is always accompanied by two commentaries.