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Seraphin Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
"go out you must" vs. "go out as you must"
The sentence below intends to be used in the context that A is trying to encourage B to go out more often.
Which one is the correct one.
"Go out you must. Unless there is any reason you cannot go out tonight, you shouldn't otherwise spend all your time at home"
"Go out as you must. Unless there is any reason you cannot go out tonight, you shouldn't otherwise spend all your time at home"
Please help. Thank you.
Which one is the correct one.
"Go out you must. Unless there is any reason you cannot go out tonight, you shouldn't otherwise spend all your time at home"
"Go out as you must. Unless there is any reason you cannot go out tonight, you shouldn't otherwise spend all your time at home"
Please help. Thank you.
Top answer
Neither is acceptable. You must go out. Unless there is some reason you cannot go out tonight, you shouldn't spend all your time at home.
- Neither is acceptable.
- You must go out.
- Unless there is some reason you cannot go out tonight, you shouldn't spend all your time at home.
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Neither is acceptable.
You must go out. Unless there is some reason you cannot go out tonight, you shouldn't spend all your time at home.
You must go out. Unless there is some reason you cannot go out tonight, you shouldn't spend all your time at home.
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I thought it is okay in English to reverse the order of words in a sentence in order to emphasize a certain part of it, especially for some "action" that the speaker wants to emphasize.
For example,
Off you go.
Kill if you must.
I understand that in "standard ENglish", it's incorrect to use either expression. But I was wondering if there are circumstances where we can emphaize
For example,
Off you go.
Kill if you must.
I understand that in "standard ENglish", it's incorrect to use either expression. But I was wondering if there are circumstances where we can emphaize
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It only works with fronted negative adverbials ('Seldom have I seen such a mess'), some idiomatic expressions ('Off we go') and perhaps some other rare cases that do not spring to mind at the moment. As a general technique it does not work in current English.
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