Mark Forsyth’s description of hyperbaton (putting words in an odd order) in his book “The Elements of Eloquence” is the subject of a tweet that is currently trending on Twitter: Things native English speakers know, but don’t know we know: pic.twitter.com/Ex0Ui9oBSL — Matthew Anderson (@MattAndersonBBC) September 3, 2016 “opinion-size-age-shape-color-origin-material-purpose” See also: Making Rhetoric Relevant
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