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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