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Cat guava 773 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Grammar : inversion
Under a tree was lying a man.
Under a tree was a man lying.
Lying under a tree was a man.
I wonder if these three sentences are grammatically right.
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I wouldn't say any of these are incorrect, but here area few comments. Under a tree was lying a man. This sounds very literary in style.
- I wouldn't say any of these are incorrect, but here area few comments.
- Under a tree was lying a man.
- This sounds very literary in style.
- Under a tree was a man lying.
- This sounds ugly.
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I wouldn't say any of these are incorrect, but here area few comments.
Under a tree was lying a man. This sounds very literary in style.
Under a tree was a man lying. This sounds ugly.
Lying under a tree was a man. OK
Probably the most common would be to say A man was lying under a tree.
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