>[!abstract] >An anapodoton (from Ancient Greek "that which lacks an apodosis, that is, the consequential clause in a conditional sentence) is a rhetorical device related to the [[anacoluthon]]; both involve a thought being interrupted or discontinued before it is fully expressed. It is a figure of speech or discourse that is an incomplete sentence, consisting of a subject or complement without the requisite object. The stand-alone subordinate clause suggests or implies a subject (a main clause), but this is not actually provided. (Wikipedia, 2025). >[!example] Examples >- All models are wrong [some are useful] >- The customer is always right [in matters of taste] >- When in Rome [do as the Romans] >[!related] >- **North** (upstream): — >- **West** (similar): [[Anacoluthon]] >- **East** (different): — >- **South** (downstream): —