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English sentences acceptability judgement

Dear All,
Please help me judge the acceptability of following English sentences. (either acceptable, unacceptable, or marginal)
1. Down which hill there rolled a small child?
2. Down which hill rolled a small child?
3. Down which hill did there roll a small child?
4. Down which hill there came a small child?
5. Down which hill came a small child?
6. Down which hill did there come a small child?
Thanks in advance and have a nice day!
  

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[nq:1]Dear All, Please help me judge the acceptability of following English sentences. (either acceptable, unacceptable, or marginal) 1. Down which ...

  • [nq:1]Dear All, Please help me judge the acceptability of following English sentences.
  • (either acceptable, unacceptable, or marginal) 1.
  • Down which ...
  • small child?
  • 6.
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[nq:1]Dear All, Please help me judge the acceptability of following English sentences. (either acceptable, unacceptable, or marginal) 1. Down which ... small child? 6. Down which hill did there come a small child? Thanks in advance and have a nice day![/nq]
Your rubric suggests you should be able to work out the word order of a basic wh- question for yourself, even with the preposition banged
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Hi.
All the sentences are pretty akward, but grammatically all seem correct to me.
Kamil

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