A fronted object?

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Wait until you feel comfortable with a word before you use it. Some words you will never feel comfortable with, Don't worry about it. Let somebody else have them.
[Source: Reading for Results Ninth Edition by Laraine Flemming]
I'd like to know whether "some words" is fronted or "some words~" is a noun phrase, and if "some words" is fronted, why a comma is sitting at the end of the clause, not a semicolon.
Thank you in advance for your help.

GPY · Accepted Answer

Something has gone wrong with that. There must be something after the comma to complete the sentence, no?

Park sang joon · Answer

Thank you, GPY, for another kind answer from you.

I didn't know; I just copied the text.

GPY · Answer

park sang joonThank you, GPY, for another kind answer from you.I didn't know; I just copied the text.

Well, a comma followed by a capital letter starting a new sentence can never be right, right? Possibly something was accidentally omitted after the comma, or possibly the comma should have been a full stop. In the latter case (and the more likely meaning), it is an inverted way of saying "You will never feel comfortable with some words", as you suggested. In the former case, the meaning could also be "Some words (that) you will never feel comfortable with, ... " (go on to say something about those words).

Mister Micawber · Answer

park sang joonSome words you will never feel comfortable with.

That stands alone nicely enough for me. It is a bit literary, but reasonably common.

park sang joon'd like to know whether "some words" is fronted or "some words~" is a noun phrase, and if "some words" is fronted, why a comma is sitting at the end of the clause, not a semicolon.

Yes. The comma is a typo; it should be a period.

CalifJim · Answer

park sang joonI'd like to know whether "some words" is fronted or "some words~" is a noun phrase

They are not mutually exclusive. "some words", a fronted object, is both 'fronted' and a 'noun phrase'. Fronted objects are not that uncommon in ordinary conversation.

— Can I shoot off some fireworks this Fourth of July?
— Sure.
— In the house?
— Now that you can't do. No!

Our kids will eat asparagus, but spinach they absolutely will not touch.

park sang joonwhy a comma

Printer's mistake.

CJ

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