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"Anacoluthon" Definition

noun

An abrupt change within a sentence to a second construction inconsistent with the first, sometimes used for rhetorical effect; for example, I warned him that if he continues to drink, what will become of him?.

Source: American Heritage Dictionary

Syntactical inconsistency or incoherence within a sentence.

Source: Merriam-Webster

A shift in an unfinished sentence from one syntactic construction to another (as in “you really ought—well, do it your own way”).

Source: Merriam-Webster

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