apo koinouadv.

1892 L. Kellner Hist. Outl. Eng. Syntax 62 The whole construction may be apprehended as a sentence with one subject and two predicates. This is the so-called construction ἀπὸ κοινοῦ.

1927 O. Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. III. vii. 133 Our constructions are often explained on the so-called apokoinou principle, according to which something is expressed only once instead of twice, but in such a way that the hearer connects it both with what precedes and with what follows.

1927 O. Jespersen Mod. Eng. Gram. III. vii. 134 In the later language, too, we have many sentences with contact-clauses in which the apo-koinou explanation cannot be applied on account of the word-order, as the common element does not stand in the middle.

1963 F. T. Visser Hist. Syntax Eng. Lang. I. i. 11 (heading) In apo koinou constructions. Utterances of the type ‘I have an uncle is a myghty erle’ consist of two syntactical units with one element in common (in this example ‘an uncle’) which functions as the subject in the second unit.

1963 F. T. Visser Hist. Syntax Eng. Lang. I. i. 11 The apo koinou construction with ‘understood’ subject already occurred in Old English, although instances are not frequent and mainly restricted to combinations the second part of which contained the verb ‘hatan’.