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Syntactical Incoherence Crossword Clue

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99%11Exact Match!
noun

• an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another

33%4 Slight - incoherence in speech
noun

• (music) a curved line spanning notes that are to be played legato

• a disparaging remark

• a blemish made by dirt

verb

• play smoothly or legato

• speak disparagingly of; e.g., make a racial slur

• utter indistinctly

• become vague or indistinct

31%8Syntactical substitution in a sentence that creates an artistic effect
noun

• a substitution of part of speech or gender or number or tense etc. (e.g., editorial `we' for `I')

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New York Times02 Apr 1993 Down 4
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