Home >> Grammar Style Guide >> Slashed Constructions Slashed Constructions This is one of the easier concepts to understand in English grammar. The purpose of a slashed construction is to provide more than one term that fits within the context of the surrounding elements in a sentence. It simply allows for a sentence to have two alternate interpretations, one for each version that includes one of the two words provided. So instead of writing two sentences that only differ by a single conjunction... It is green or purple. It is green and purple. We use a slash... It is green and/or purple. Definition A Slashed Construction is the combination of terms by way of a slash. Alternative The pipe delimiter ("|") may be substituted for the forward slash ("/") when creating a slashed construction. P!apoose is a trademark of Chen Dushek
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