What’s the word to describe something taking place when you’re explaining the process itself?
November 25, 2009 - 11:01 am
This is hard to explain. What’s the word to describe the event that takes place when you’re explaining an event while at the same time carrying out the said event.
For example, there is a saying "90% of all quoted statistics are made up"
In this sentence, the action of quoting a statistic is what’s taking place, furthermore, the purpose of the sentence is to explain that statistics themselves are usually made up. So, it’s a sentence that describes it’s own behavior.
Is there a word that describes this act/event?
Case-in-point. Not a word, I know, but the phrase fits.
November 25th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
oxymoron
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November 25th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
Case-in-point. Not a word, I know, but the phrase fits.
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