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===Form Declaration Phrases=== | ===Form Declaration Phrases=== | ||
Sometimes a sentence may not be long enough for more of the complex forms to be used, but a speaker still wants to apply the connotation of a the form. Another case would be where a speaker will be speaking for a longer period of time, but doesn't care to take the effort of applying the form to their speech. In both cases speakers may use a Form declaration phrase, which is a nonsense phrase that is just long enough to declare the form that the speaker wants to apply to their speech. | Sometimes a sentence may not be long enough for more of the complex forms to be used, but a speaker still wants to apply the connotation of a the form. Another case would be where a speaker will be speaking for a longer period of time, but doesn't care to take the effort of applying the form to their speech. In both cases speakers may use a Form declaration phrase, which is a nonsense phrase that is just long enough to declare the form that the speaker wants to apply to their speech. | ||
The usage of form declaration phrases are largely considered to be close to archaic in some geographical areas and so the alternative to this convention is to begin your speech explicitly declaring what form you will be using such as: '''' | |||
''Examples:''<br> | ''Examples:''<br> | ||