inverse attraction

English

an example from English
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. The emboldened antecedent is syntactically the object of the verb let, but is declined for the case of the relative who which follows it. The phrase’s grammatical form is: Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.

Noun

inverse attraction (uncountable)

1. (grammar) A species of solecism, in which an antecedent is declined for the case of its relative pronoun, contrary to the antecedent’s syntactic function.

Translations

solecism in which an antecedent is misdeclined according to its relative

Further reading

• Smyth, Herbert Weir (1920) “Part IV: Syntax”, in A Greek grammar for colleges, Cambridge: American Book Company, § 2533