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Avid learner Posted 9 years ago
Flipping sentence elements
Hi,
For literary purpose can I flip the elements of a sentence from "the formal" Subject-Predicate-Object into O-P-S?
Example:
For literary purpose can I flip the elements of a sentence from "the formal" Subject-Predicate-Object into O-P-S?
Example:
- Our late father's stuffs are laid bare before all of us. (formal)
- Laid bare before all of us, are our late father's stuffs.
Top answer
Yes, you can do that. But remove the comma. stuff is uncountable, so don't say 'stuffs'.
- Yes, you can do that.
- But remove the comma.
- stuff is uncountable, so don't say 'stuffs'.
- Perhaps you mean 'possessions '.
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Yes, you can do that. But remove the comma.
stuff is uncountable, so don't say 'stuffs'. Perhaps you mean 'possessions'.
stuff is uncountable, so don't say 'stuffs'. Perhaps you mean 'possessions'.
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Thanks.
CliveYes, you can do that. But remove the comma.I use a comma so readers will not mistakenly interpret the object of the sentence as the subject.
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