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00Is this sentence correct in your opinion: 'she said that few people can I see'. Do you think I could alternatively say 'few people can I see', instead of 'I can see few people'?02br
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0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Is this sentence correct in your opinion: 'she said that few people can I see'. 02font 02br 02br 00English can be pretty flexible about word order, particularly when you are trying to write in a very literary style. For example, ther's a song that says02br 02br 01font 00Blue skies smilin' at me02br 00Nothin' but 01i 01u 00blue skies do I see02br 02u 02i 02font 00So, I wouldn't say your example is completely wrong.

— Clive

  • 0Hi,02br 02br 01font 00Is this sentence correct in your opinion: 'she said that few people can I see'.
  • 02font 02br 02br 00English can be pretty flexible about word order, particularly when you are trying to write in a very literary style.
  • For example, ther's a song that says02br 02br 01font 00Blue skies smilin' at me02br 00Nothin' but 01i 01u 00blue skies do I see02br 02u 02i 02font 00So, I wouldn't say your example is completely wrong.
  • But if you go around talking to people like this, they are going to think that you are a very weird person.
  • 05002br 02br 00Do you realize that, in your sentence, 'she' and 'I' are two different people?
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0Hi,02br
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01font00Is this sentence correct in your opinion: 'she said that few people can I see'. Do you think I could alternatively say 'few people can I see', instead of 'I can see few people'?02font02br
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00English can be pretty flexible about word order, particularly when you are trying to write in a very lit
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0Thanks, Clive.02br
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00I have another sentence written as indirect speech that I wish to 00verify: 'I said that so do I'. Do you think I can write so or should I write 'I said that I do so'?02br
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00In case of affirmative sentences like 'So do I', written as indirect speech do I have to invert the order of verb and subject?0-
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0Hi,02br
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01font00I have another sentence written as indirect speech that I wish to verify: 'I said that so do I'. Do you think I can write so or should I write 'I said that I do so'? 02font00No. In indirect speech, say 01b00"I said that I did, too".02b00 In direct speech, you can say either 'So do I" or 01
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