At a nearby table sit Monica knitting
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I have a question about the sentence below.
"At a nearby table sit Monica knitting, Rachel winding a ball of wool, and Chandler supplying them both from a skein which is spread between his hands."
Why is it "At a nearby table sit Monica knitting"? "Monica is sitting at a nearby table..." would make more sense to me. The sentence structure puzzled me. So, I can't get the exact meaning. Could you please help me out? Thanks in advance.
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Mina Uzun The sentence structure puzzled me. Me, too. It is unusual, and rather literary, but it is not wrong.
- Mina Uzun The sentence structure puzzled me.
- Me, too.
- It is unusual, and rather literary, but it is not wrong.
- Still, no one speaks that way.
- And "sit" is in the third person plural because three people sit.
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Mina UzunThe sentence structure puzzled me.
Me, too. It is unusual, and rather literary, but it is not wrong. Still, no one speaks that way. And "sit" is in the third person plural because three people sit. It is not only Monica who sits. Three people sit at a nearby table. At a nearby table, three people sit. At a nearby table sit three people. That last i
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