Monday, September 1, 2008

Word of the Day - 9/1/2008

Anacoluthon

An anacoluthon is a construction involving a break in grammatical sequence, e.g. It makes me so—I just get angry.

Anacolutha are common in the writings of Paul, e.g. Galatians 2:6-8. This literary device gives the impression of the apostle simply getting carried away.

But from those who were of high reputation (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no partiality)--well, those who were of reputation contributed nothing to me. (Galatians 3:6, NASB)

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