Posted on 11/29/2012 4:43:43 AM PST by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
anacoluthon \an-uh-kuh-LOO-thon\, noun
1. A construction involving a break in grammatical sequence, as It makes me so—I just get angry.
2. An instance of anacoluthia.
Example sentences:
She employed, not from any refinement of style, but in order to correct her imprudences, abrupt breaches of syntax not unlike that figure which the grammarians call anacoluthon or some such name.
-- Marcel Proust, The Remembrance of Things Past
Sometimes there is no main verb at all, or the sentence is an anacoluthon, beginning in one way and ending in another.
-- Anthony Hope, The Prisoner of Zenda
Etymology:
Anacoluthon has a very literal meaning in Greek. The root kolouth- meant "march." However this root has two prefixes. First, the prefix a- means "together." The other prefix "an-" means "not following." In Greek anakólouthos meant "not following."
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
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Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
For a one hit wonder? I don’t think so. Unless they have the dancing midgets from the video. ;-)
Al Gore had that Rolling Stone cover that prominently featured his alpha privatives.
No, not even one of them. ;)
They might call the grammar police and I would be charged with gerunding without a license............
You cannot quote redneck firemen and be grammatically correct. I had to type up the minutes to our meeting last night. OMG....those squiggly green lines were everywhere. LOL
Hey vast, i seem to recall you are familiar with Cafe Britt from Costa Rica? i am so excited, a coworker is going on a vacation to Costa Rica next week and i’ve given her some $ to bring me back some coffee!
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The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out,
The worms play pinochle on your snout..........
In case you were wondering, the “~” character, called a ‘tilde’, is sometimes referred to by some people as a ‘worm’, ergo, there were ‘worms’ all over your document........
Redneck firemen are not too choosy.
A for you and your tag.
Well, at least now the French aren’t going to survive either.
ROFL That is a riot.
You could use it as a ‘translator’ at your next meeting.............
My contractor friend took me with him to help with an estimate, and bought me lunch-
The art of anacoluthon
Makes a rather shaky case-
But then there is Hillary-
Who said saving grace?
Maybe she’ll just go with...
Oh, but then there is Obama
He’ll be the reluctant host
Of this year’s tax-o-rama
If you took congress to a roadhouse
Could they even find a beer,
Never mind an...oh, wait a minute-
Everybody quick-look over here...
That’s hard to do-the human mind works in straighter lines...
The French authorities probably don’t want the potential liability if some heaven’s gate-type cult barracades its followers up there and commits mass suicide-I sure as hell wouldn’t...
Funny girl. Most human minds do that but I have been around people that do this on a regular basis. A+ for you.
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