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Line 551: :Another example might be ''"I rise to honour my esteemed colleague <name>. As this is a time for putting our political differences to one side, I'll make no mention of his encounters with <name of issue/prostitute/ whatever> but speak only of happier things ..."''. You can't say you're not going to mention or refer to X, without actually mentioning or referring to X. Now, what's this called? Linguistically, it might be something like self-negation. Like saying ''"I know nothing whatsoever about how to write a sentence"'' (I just did, so I know at least how to write that sentence, thus negating "nothing whatsover"). -- [[User:JackofOz\|JackofOz]] ([[User talk:JackofOz\|talk]]) 20:40, 3 March 2009 (UTC) ::The technical name for this rhetorical device, at least in Classical rhetoric, is [[Apophasis\|paralipsis]], that is, mention by omission. Saying "I won't mention the numerous reports of my opponent's drunkenness" serves your purpose of mentioning it. [[User:Sputnikcccp\|<span style="color: black">СПУТНИК</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Sputnikcccp\|<span style="color: maroon">CCC</span>]] [[Special:Emailuser/Sputnikcccp\|<span style="color: maroon">P</span>]]</sup> 20:44, 3 March 2009 (UTC) ==Literary Awards==

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