Tuesday, October 4, 2011

July 24, 2011

ANACOLUTHON

Pronunciation: \an-uh-kuh-LOO-thahn\

Function: noun
-syntactical inconsistency or incoherence within a sentence
-especially: a shift in an unfinished sentence from one syntactic construction to another

Example Sentence:

If the members of the Breakfast Club stay too long they may end up speaking in a anacoluthon way.

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