Literary notes about POS (AI summary)
The term "pos" appears with striking versatility across the literary landscape. In some works, it functions as an identifying mark or shorthand for a physical location or deposited item, as seen when a case is marked with "POS" or when a manuscript is described as being deposited [1], [2]. In other instances, particularly in dialogue or informal narrative, "pos" assumes a playful or dialectal quality, acting as a truncated form of words like "possess" or "positive" [3], [4], [5]. Authors even incorporate it into grammatical discussions or linguistic puzzles, reflecting its roots in classical forms [6], [7]. This multifaceted usage underscores the word’s ability to adapt to both literal and figurative contexts, enhancing the stylistic and rhetorical richness of the texts in which it appears [8], [9].
- With the case ready, look for the "+", "P" or "POS" mark on it.
— from The Automobile Storage Battery: Its Care And Repair by Otto A. Witte - dépôt , m. , action de déposer; chose déposée.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann - "Mother, dear," he shouts, "I'm just as dirty as I can pos-sib-ly be!"
— from Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II by Rudyard Kipling - He bro't it on pur pos to see if there was any place where Wiggins wouldn't drink.
— from The Puddleford Papers; Or, Humors of the West by Henry Hiram Riley - I don't know w'ere they'd find a nicer home than jes' aroun' here; an' I'm pos'tive my kitchen's trig enough fer any kind o' fairies as ever was.
— from Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies by Henry C. (Henry Christopher) McCook - pos-sum , can pos-se —— —— —— , can —— potuī —— potuī , &c., serves as the perfect system of possum .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - pōnere (for *po-sinere , 112 ; 170, 2 ) forms an old perfect posīvī ( 964 ), later posuī , as if pos- were the stem.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane - The solaces John brought her—the quantities of newspapers, the picture papers and others, rugs and shawls innumerable—all that he pos
— from The Marriage of Elinor by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant - Better we take it up with the boss, don't you think?" "Pos-i- tive -ly!"
— from First Lensman by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith
