An enclitic is a clitic that always binds to another word.
Okay, that probably wasn't very helpful.
A clitic is something that basically acts like a word but is always followed or preceded by another word: it never appears on its own. An enclitic actualy attaches itself to therelated word. Examples:
I'm
You're
She's
They'll
They've
The boldface sections are enclitics.
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I've been away for a while. Refreshing to come back and read through your posts, though the E=MC^2 post scared the hell out of me.
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