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What is an anacoluthon?

What is an anacoluthon? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (grammar) A sentence or clause that is grammatically inconsistent, especially with respect to the type of clausal or phrasal complement for the initial clause.
  2. (rhetoric) Intentional use of such a structure.
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The anacoluthon in Mk iv, 31, is avoided by Matthew and Luke.
The use of anacoluthon in his essay causes the opinion that he gives to sound more like fact and therefore even more persuasive.
Such anacoluthon is usually graceful and free from obscurity.
The transformation described in the novel — then to now, yesterday to today, her to me, first person to third — is resumed in a breezy anacoluthon, the break in grammar perfectly symbolizing the break in this woman's life.
He takes no thought for style, and his work is marked by frequent pleonasm, anacoluthon, etc.

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