A grotesque, typically written, sentence formed in editing process that contains awkward vestiges of earlier drafts.
I tried to change "I have had a variety of editorial jobs" to "I have had several editorial jobs", I forgot to delete the "a", resulting in the frankensentence "I have had a several editorial jobs". Needless to say, they were not impressed with my cover letter
by frankensentence November 13, 2017
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