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Anacoluthon

Anacoluthon Meaning & Definition
Anacoluthon Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Anacoluthon?

[n] an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another

Synonyms | Synonyms for Anacoluthon: anacoluthia

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See Also | rhetorical device

Anacoluthon In Webster's Dictionary

\An`a*co*lu"thon\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, not following, wanting sequence; 'an priv. + ? following.] (Gram.) A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.

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