intact

Please   Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:04 pm GMT
Do I have a right to not like the grammar of this sentence?
"These two items must be retrieved quickly and intact."
Question of style, not gr   Fri Oct 30, 2009 3:38 pm GMT
retrieved quickly = action verb + adverbial qualification

retrieved intact = action verb acting as copulative + adjectival complement

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So <retrieved quickly and (retrieved) intact> = zeugma.

Zeugma here is pointless.

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