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Old 12-Feb-2003, 01:19
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To me, what I am asking about here are inversions or sentences with inverted word order. I don't quite see it as hyperbaton. Here's one definition of hyperbaton. I believe there might be some slight variations on it. I can't say the example I've left here is hyperbaton. The word order is inverted, but the order is still logical in a standard way.

hy·per·ba·ton (hī-pûr'bə-tŏn')
n.
A figure of speech, such as anastrophe or hysteron proteron, using deviation from normal or logical word order to produce an effect.
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