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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
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clarifying question

hello! i just wanna clarify what is really the difference between the inverted and the normal order of sentence, it stated in the book that it is in inverted order. i really confused about this sentence. could someone help me to analyze this sentence?

How beautiful the sunset is tonight. (inverted order)

The sunset is how beautiful tonight. (normal order)
  

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Hi, How beautiful the sunset is tonight. This is an exclamation. This is the normal word order for an exclamation of this type, beginning with 'How + adjective'.

— Clive

  • Hi, How beautiful the sunset is tonight.
  • This is an exclamation.
  • This is the normal word order for an exclamation of this type, beginning with 'How + adjective'.
  • The sunset is how beautiful tonight.
  • This is incorrect.
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Hi,

How beautiful the sunset is tonight. This is an exclamation. This is the normal word order for an exclamation of this type, beginning with 'How + adjective'.

The sunset is how beautiful tonight. This is incorrect.

I hope this helps you. Clive
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