Anacoluthon

[,ænәkәu'lu:θɒn]

Definition

(n.) 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.

Inputed by Elliot

Definition

n. want of sequence in the construction of a sentence when the latter part does not grammatically correspond with the former: a sentence exhibiting an Anacoluthia or the passing from one construction to another before the former is completed.

Checker: Seymour