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Persian Learner Posted 9 years ago
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Hi.
In the room were three men.
What's the function of the underline NP?
Is it a postposed subject?
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In the room were three men. Yes, this is called subject-dependent inversion. The inversion combines postposing of the subject "three men", and preposing of the PP "in the room", a locative complement.
- In the room were three men.
- Yes, this is called subject-dependent inversion.
- The inversion combines postposing of the subject "three men", and preposing of the PP "in the room", a locative complement.
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In the room were three men.
Yes, this is called subject-dependent inversion. The inversion combines postposing of the subject "three men", and preposing of the PP "in the room", a locative complement.
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