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Geoyo Posted 13 years ago
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admits Gates

From CNN:

"Ctrl+alt+delete = mistake, admits Gates"

Shouldn't it be "Gates admits"? Why did they put the verb before noun? I don't understand it. Does that mean you can say things like "Smiles Gates" instead of "Gates smiles"?
  

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geoyo Shouldn't it be "Gates admits"? Why did they put the verb before noun? Traditionally, either word order is possible with the comment phrase accompanying quoted speech.

— Mister Micawber

  • geoyo Shouldn't it be "Gates admits"?
  • Why did they put the verb before noun?
  • Traditionally, either word order is possible with the comment phrase accompanying quoted speech.
  • geoyo .
  • Does that mean you can say things like "Smiles Gates" instead of "Gates smiles"?
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geoyoShouldn't it be "Gates admits"? Why did they put the verb before noun?
Traditionally, either word order is possible with the comment phrase accompanying quoted speech.
geoyo. Does that mean you can say things like "Smiles Gates" instead of "Gates smiles"?
If it is used with a quote, yes:

"I'm richer than Ve
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Thank you. That is new to me!
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geoyoShouldn't it be "Gates admits"? Why did they put the verb before noun? I don't understand it.
It is a headline or title.
Titles have to be short. Writers will cut out all the words, and rearrange them to make the title shorter and catchy, yet still meaningful.
This would be the full text:
Gates admitted that "Ctrl+alt+delete" was a mis
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But is this also possible? With noun and verb in reverse order:

"Ctrl+alt+delete was a mistake, Gates admitted"
"Ctrl+alt+delete = mistake, Gates admitted"
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Yes, of course—but the second (with the '=' sign) is not a real sentence.
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