Syntax And Sentence Structure

verb to insert or fix firmly into something else

• The linguist explained how infixed elements can change the meaning of a word.
• I never realized how infixed words could completely alter a sentence.
• I'm gonna infixed some cool slang into my next text message.
• Her kindness infixed a sense of warmth and comfort into the room.

noun a rhetorical device in which the usual order of words is reversed for emphasis or effect

• The poet used anastrophe to create a sense of emphasis in his verse.
• By switching the word order, anastrophe can make a sentence sound more poetic.
• Anastrophe may seem like a weird grammar rule, but it can actually make your writing more interesting.
• Just as anastrophe flips the order of words, sometimes life throws unexpected twists at us.