Syntax Concepts

verb to change or vary the form of (a word) to express different grammatical categories such as tense, mood, voice, aspect, person, number, and gender

• The verb 'to be' inflects for tense, aspect, mood, and person.
• I noticed how her voice inflects when she gets excited.
• His tone inflects when he's lying.
• The new information caused her emotions to inflect in unexpected ways.

adjective describing a sentence that lacks a main verb or that has a main verb but lacks a subject

• The acoluthic nature of the sentence made it difficult to understand.
• I couldn't make sense of that acoluthic sentence.
• That sentence was so acoluthic, it was like trying to solve a puzzle.
• Her thoughts were acoluthic, wandering in different directions.