[stylist] Sunday's Word: non sequitur

[Donna Hill]

Is this a non sequitur?

"I'm going home; it's getting dark."
"Yes, apples grow here in Pennsylvania too."
Donna


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non sequitur

NAHN-SEH-kwuh-ter

(noun)



1. An inference that does not follow from the premises

2. A statement (as a response) that does not 
follow logically from anything previously said



“Your honor, the witness’s non sequitur clearly 
proves avoidance of the questioning.”


Brad Dunsé

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being part of another's." --American Proverb

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