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Definition of Misrelated
1. Adjective. Mistakenly related.
Definition of Misrelated
1. Verb. (past of misrelate) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Misrelated
1. misrelate [v] - See also: misrelate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Misrelated
Literary usage of Misrelated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Usage: Studies in the History and Uses of English Words and Phrases by John Lesslie Hall (1917)
"LXXVIII misrelated PARTICIPLE (OR GERUND) My farm consisted of about twenty acres
of excellent land, having given an hundred pounds for my predecessor's ..."
2. The Problem of Elementary Composition: Suggestions for Its Solution by Elizabeth Hill Spalding (1897)
"The misrelated participle. 3. The incorrect sequence of tenses. 4. The lack of
direct discourse. 5. The chain construction of relative clauses. 6. ..."
3. Advertising and Correspondence: Part I: Advertising by Lee Galloway, George Burton Hotchkiss (1913)
"misrelated participles are among the most common of sentence faults, and they
are especially likely to result in ambiguity-—if not ..."
4. Palamon and Arcite, Or, The Knight's Tale from Chaucer by John Dryden, Geoffrey Chaucer, May Estelle Cook (1898)
"Who is housing fA misrelated participle. 1694. Complexions. C. Temperaments. ...
Who did the signing f Another misrelated participle. 1769. ..."
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