Non sequitur (literary device): Difference between revisions

Literally, the expression is [[Latin]] for "it does not follow."<ref>Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary. http://mw1.m-w.com/dictionary/non%20sequitur</ref> It comes from the words "non" meaning not, and the [[Deponent verb|deponent]] verb ''sequor'', ''sequi'', ''secutus sum'' meaning 'to follow', thus producing ''sequence'' and ''second''. (Deponent verbs have passive forms but active meanings.){{citation<ref>[https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/101/Deponent.pdf needed|date=MarchThe 2017}}Latin Library "Deponent Verbs"]</ref>