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Debpriya De Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Adverb position

I hit a hard ball.
I spent a long hour thinking.
What are such constructions ,where the adverb is placed before the object instead of the verb ,called ?
  

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Debpriya De I hit a hard ball. I spent a long hour thinking. What are such constructions ,where the adverb is placed before the object instead of the verb ,called ?

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  • What are such constructions ,where the adverb is placed before the object instead of the verb ,called ?
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Debpriya DeI hit a hard ball.
I spent a long hour thinking.
What are such constructions ,where the adverb is placed before the object instead of the verb ,called ?

If I point you gently in http://www.english4today.com/englishgrammar/gr
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Debpriya DeI hit a hard ball.
This is not a construction where an adverb is placed before an object.
Debpriya DeI spent a long hour thinking.
This is not a construction where an adverb is placed before an object.
Debpriya DeWhat are such constructions ... called ?
They are called "Wrong".
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Well, one can hit a hard ball – if the ball is hard – like a cricket ball, for instance. The hour, however, is only an hour if it's 60 minutes long.
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Actually, I was talking about "transferred epithet", which is a kind of "hypallage".

Some examples are :
He passed a sleepless night.
A lackey presented an obsequious cup of coffee.
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Debpriya DeActually, I was talking about "transferred epithet"
So you've found your answer then? This issue is closed?

CJ
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Yes, I found my answer.
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