Definition. A conjuntion is the part of speech (or word class) that serves to connect words, phrases, clauses, or sentences. The common conjunctions-- and, but, for, or, nor, yet, and so --join the elements of a coordinate structure. A sentence style that employs many coordinate conjunctions is called polysyndeton.A sentence style that omits conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses is called asyndeton.In contrast to coordinating conjunctions, which connect words, phrases, and clauses of equal rank, subordinating conjunctions connect clauses of unequal rank. See Examples and Observations below. sentence style that omits conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses is called asyndeton. In contrast to coordinating conjunctions, which connect words, phrases, and clauses of equal rank, subordinating conjunctions connect clauses of unequal rank. See Examples and Observations below.
Distinction without a difference. A distinction without a difference is a type of argument where one word or phrase is preferred to another, but results in no difference to the argument as a whole. It is particularly used when a word or phrase has connotations associated with it that one party to an argument prefers to avoid.
(August 2010) The primary/secondary quality distinction is a conceptual distinction in epistemology and metaphysics, concerning the nature of reality. It is most explicitly articulated by John Locke in his Essay concerning Human Understanding, but earlier thinkers such as Galileo and Descartes made similar distinctions. Primary qualities are thought to be properties of objects that are independent of any observer, such as solidity, extension, motion, number and figure. These characteristics convey facts. They exist in the thing itself, can be determined with certainty, and do not rely on subjective judgments.