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Sis got up and dressed in a hurry and didn’t even put on any lipstick.
When she would turn the pages, she licked her thumb and held out her little finger and turned very
slowly.
c) homogeneous predicatives
He felt little and worn and helpless.
The question was painful and difficult to ask.
d) homogeneous objects (direct and indirect)
She had on a sweater and a blue pleated skirt.
All of a sudden I felt mad at myself and the dream and Maybelle and Sucker and every single person I
knew.
e) homogeneous attributes
He wore a blue striped shirt and grey checked trousers.
f) homogeneous adverbial modifiers
She had lessons on Tuesday after school and on Sunday afternoons.
Homogeneous parts may be connected by different coordinating conjunctions:
a) copulative conjunctions and, nor, neither ... nor, as well as, both ... and, not only ... but also
Neither the wagons nor the howitzer came.
b) disjunctive conjunctions or, either ...or
I don’t care either for Maybelle or any particular girl any more.
I can get along by myself if Sis or anybody wants to.
c) adversative conjunction but and conjunctive adverb yet
The old man nodded but did not stop eating.
The story is interesting, yet a little too long.
§ 190. There are, however, cases which look very much like homogeneous parts but which should be
distinguished from them.
They are:
1. Different kinds of repetitions which make the utterance more expressive but which name the same notion.
Any part of the sentence may be repeated in this way.
There were rumours, rumours, rumours.
It’s wonderful, wonderful, wonderful.
I’ll never, never, never go there again.
She is my dear, dear, dear sister.
2. Phrases where coordinated nouns refer to one thing or person, such as: my son and heir, their friend and
defender, her friend and counselor.
Bread and butter is not enough for breakfast.