subtrigging

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The phenomenon whereby free-choice items in episodic sentences require a modifier. For instance, "Any student signed the petition" is not an acceptable sentence, but "Any student who went to the meeting signed the petition" is acceptable.

Word forms

subtrigging
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.