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Moon7296 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Extraposition
There's a term "extraposition" in linguistic(syntax). (or Heavy-NP-Shift)
1. She sold the prints that she had made at the market.
Because underlined object in the sentence is so long(heavy), it can be placed another position according to the term found; like She sold at the market the prints that she had made.
That would be somehow accecpted correct but does it sound natural? or just so weired even though it's grammatically correct.
1. She sold the prints that she had made at the market.
Because underlined object in the sentence is so long(heavy), it can be placed another position according to the term found; like She sold at the market the prints that she had made.
That would be somehow accecpted correct but does it sound natural? or just so weired even though it's grammatically correct.
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It isn' weird; it is a common phenomenon. The writer must be careful, though, that the extraposition does not confuse its reference and make the sentence sound strange or riduculous.
- It isn' weird; it is a common phenomenon.
- The writer must be careful, though, that the extraposition does not confuse its reference and make the sentence sound strange or riduculous.
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It isn' weird; it is a common phenomenon. The writer must be careful, though, that the extraposition does not confuse its reference and make the sentence sound strange or riduculous.
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