Meaning of postilion sentence | Babel Free

Definitions

A phrase that is linguistically correct, but of no realistically practical use.

Examples

“As good as the peccadillo sentence is, it is not on a par with the postilion sentence. Nothing is. That sentence is cast⟳ in golden moonshine and should never be disturbed.”

“To test⟳ whether a candidate sentence is a postilion sentence, all we have⟳ to do is try⟳ to identify⟳ the context(s) in which it would be used. If we have⟳ difficulty finding a plausible context, then we have⟳ such a sentence.”

“In the practice sentence, C emulates P’s model⟳ and provides another model⟳ or postilion sentence.”

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