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Jbninc Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Inversion?

Hi, i have to correct and comment on this sentence;

"Our expectations is those mortgage losses could triple from there", continued he.

I am fairly convinced that there is an error at the end of the sentence regarding "continued he". As i can see, it brakes the S-P rule and it has P-S instead.

But i have been informed, that there's exception called Inversion. But i am having trouble figuring out whether it is the case here. Can anyone help explain it to me?

Best regards
Terje
  

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i have to correct and comment on this sentence; "Our expectation is those mortgage losses could triple from there", continued he. I am fairly convinced that there is an error at the end of the sentence regarding "continued he". As i can see, it breaks the S-P rule and it has P-S instead.

— Clive

  • i have to correct and comment on this sentence; "Our expectation is those mortgage losses could triple from there", continued he.
  • I am fairly convinced that there is an error at the end of the sentence regarding "continued he".
  • As i can see, it breaks the S-P rule and it has P-S instead.
  • But i have been informed, that there's exception called Inversion.
  • But i am having trouble figuring out whether it is the case here.
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i have to correct and comment on this sentence;

"Our expectation is those mortgage losses could triple from there", continued he.

I am fairly convinced that there is an error at the end of the sentence regarding "continued he". As i can see, it breaks the S-P rule and it has P-S instead.

But i have
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Hi Clive,

Thanks for the answer.

So the sentence is correct and there is no need to correct the last part?
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Inversion in this case is quite jarring, and I strongly suspect you're intended to identify it as an error.
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