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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

For emphasis?

Hi. Please help. Is this practice of putting what looks to be the objective phrase in the front of a sentence for emphasis, that is to emphasize the objective phrase? (Please see the underlined part.) The following example sentence might not make sense, but I'm focusing on the structure of the sentence.

Everything I know I learned at home.
  

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Yes, It's a rather literary device. I'd put a comma after the phrase.

— Clive

  • Yes, It's a rather literary device.
  • I'd put a comma after the phrase.
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Yes,
It's a rather literary device.

I'd put a comma after the phrase.
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Thank you again. I took a long second look at the example sentence I wrote and wondered if it needs to have the past tense "knew" instead of "know" in it. (Sorry, but please help me with this, too. This just came up. I think we can use the present tense "needs" instead of "needed" in the previous sentence.) I think it's correct to have "know" but having "knew" will make the meaning differen
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Everything I know, I learned at home. This is fine. I learned it in the past. I know it in the present.


Everything I knew, I learned at home. This is fine, but refers only to the past.
eg Everything I knew last Friday, I learned before last Friday.
You could also say with the same meaning, Everything I knew, I had learned a
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