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Bob2010 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
A question about word order
1: He went to in 2010.
2: In 2010, he went to .
The position of ‘time’ is normally at the end of a sentence, just like Sentence #1. But in Sentence #2, the time is placed in the beginning of the sentence. Compared with ‘2010’in Sentence #1, ‘2010’in Sentence #2 is more important. Am I right? Thanks for your help.
2: In 2010, he went to .
The position of ‘time’ is normally at the end of a sentence, just like Sentence #1. But in Sentence #2, the time is placed in the beginning of the sentence. Compared with ‘2010’in Sentence #1, ‘2010’in Sentence #2 is more important. Am I right? Thanks for your help.
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No. New and significant information comes at the end of an English sentence; the beginning contains background or already-known information. In such short sentences as yours, however, the position of the time adverbial does not strongly affect its significance; the choice is more a matter of style and how the sentence fits into the text that surrounds it.
- No.
- New and significant information comes at the end of an English sentence; the beginning contains background or already-known information.
- In such short sentences as yours, however, the position of the time adverbial does not strongly affect its significance; the choice is more a matter of style and how the sentence fits into the text that surrounds it.
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No. New and significant information comes at the end of an English sentence; the beginning contains background or already-known information.
In such short sentences as yours, however, the position of the time adverbial does not strongly affect its significance; the choice is more a matter of style and how the sentence fits into the text that surrounds it.
In such short sentences as yours, however, the position of the time adverbial does not strongly affect its significance; the choice is more a matter of style and how the sentence fits into the text that surrounds it.
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