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Lucas21c Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Inversion
Could you tell me which sentence is fine of the following sentences?
Thank you.===
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Through the town marched the band vigorously.
2.
Through learning family-running methods could John memorize everything faster.
Through learning family-runnnig methods John could memorize everything faster.
3.
Through the waves did the boy swim powerfully.
Through the waves the boy swam powerfully.
Through the waves swam the boy powerfully.
Thank you.===
1.
Through the town marched the band vigorously.
2.
Through learning family-running methods could John memorize everything faster.
Through learning family-runnnig methods John could memorize everything faster.
3.
Through the waves did the boy swim powerfully.
Through the waves the boy swam powerfully.
Through the waves swam the boy powerfully.
Top answer
I'm sorry to say that none of these sounds at all natural, and I can't imagine any native speaker generating any of them either in speech or writing. These two (below) are probably the best of the lot, but even here there is a sense that they are contrived -- that the writer is trying too hard to be clever and original in his choice of grammatical structures. Through the town the band marched vigorously .
- I'm sorry to say that none of these sounds at all natural, and I can't imagine any native speaker generating any of them either in speech or writing.
- These two (below) are probably the best of the lot, but even here there is a sense that they are contrived -- that the writer is trying too hard to be clever and original in his choice of grammatical structures.
- Through the town the band marched vigorously .
- Through the waves the boy swam powerfully .
- _________ The ones with subject-verb inversion typically occur with an indefinite noun phrase: Into the town marched a band.
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I'm sorry to say that none of these sounds at all natural, and I can't imagine any native speaker generating any of them either in speech or writing.
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