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Thread #28624 Message #356993
Posted By: GUEST,Jimmy
13-Dec-00 - 11:42 PM
Thread Name: Versions: So Be Easy and Free When You're Drinkin'
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: So Be Easy and Free When You're. . .
The use of "I took out my gun and my dog for a shoot" is an example of a figure of speech called ZEUGMA where one verb modifies two or more nouns. The expanded expression would read "I took out my gun and (I took out) my dog for a shoot"