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Marold Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

In every sentence is?

"In every sentence is one mistake."
=> This sounds so natural to me, but I am really not sure whether it is correct because of the word order.Emotion: big smile It seems as an inversion of the subject and verb.

"In every sentence one mistake is."
=> Sounds very unnatural, stilted and grammatically incorrect.

"In our school all teachers have a poor salary."

"In our school have all teachers a poor salary."
=> This has to be incorrect, hasn't it?!

Please, could you clarify me this kind of grammar structure? Emotion: smile
  

Top answer

" 1. This sort of inversion is found almost exclusively in poetry. It's not usable in ordinary conversation or writing.

— CalifJim

  • " 1.
  • This sort of inversion is found almost exclusively in poetry.
  • It's not usable in ordinary conversation or writing.
  • 2.
  • Too strange to be used anywhere.
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Marold-
1 "In every sentence is one mistake."
2 "In every sentence one mistake is."
3 "In our school all teachers have a poor salary."
4 "In our school have all teachers a poor salary."
1. This sort of inversion is found almost exclusively in poetry. It's not usable in ordinary conversation or
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"In every sentence is one mistake." This order is often used for "wise" sayings. There's nothing wrong with it, but it's surely not conversational. "Behind every great man is a woman."
You could also say, "In every sentence there is one mistake."
=> This sounds so natural to me,
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CalifJimWe can clarify butter, but not people!
Right, you amused me.Emotion: big smile Next time I hope we w
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Thank you CalifJim and Avangi very much! Emotion: smile

I hope I will avoid doing these basic mistakes next time.
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Maroldyou amused me
Good. My nefarious plan is working. Emotion: smile
MaroldThere
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MaroldI hope I will avoid doing making these basic mistakes next time.
We don't do mistakes; we make mistakes!

CJ
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I hate this specific collocation. I know that mistake collocates with verb to make, but somehow unconsciously I am always writing it other way.
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Maroldunconsciously
Bring it into your consciousness by repeating "make a mistake" 100 times daily for a month.
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