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Maple Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Inversion?

Sentence:

Prominent among the most prominent upon the most prominent shelf were series of splendidly bound volumes entitled "Skinner's Works".

I think the normal sequence should be like this:

Series of splendidly bound volumes among the most prominent upon the most prominent shelf entitled "Skinner's Works" were prominent.

Am I right?

Thanks for your opinion!
  

Top answer

That's an interesting sentence. But I'd say undoing the inversion is somewhat less complicated: Series of splendidly bound volumes entitled "Skinner's Works" were prominent among the most prominent upon the most prominent shelf .

— Yankee

  • That's an interesting sentence.
  • But I'd say undoing the inversion is somewhat less complicated: Series of splendidly bound volumes entitled "Skinner's Works" were prominent among the most prominent upon the most prominent shelf .
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That's an interesting sentence. Emotion: wink

But I'd say undoing the inversion is somewhat less complicated:

Series of sple
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was a series of - a series of ... was

Normal sequence:

A series of splendidly bound volumes entitled "Skinner's Works" was prominent among the most prominent (volumes) upon the most prominent shelf.

CJ
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Now I think I can read it better than before! Thank you two guys! Emotion: big smile[C]
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