Vocabulary

[brogine]

A recent post about phrases like ‘my homework needs done’
makes me wonder if there’s a word, analogous to ‘elision’,
for excision of a word or words. Why not a Board Index category for ‘Vocabulary’? Not etymology, but usage of the familiar, and discovery of the un-.

[Slava]

No idea why I didn't say this when I first thought it, but...; wouldn't this fall nicely under the Grammar section? Words and how to use them, or not use them.

[brogine]

Well, the main point was not the usage, but looking for a word for it.