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Moon7296 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

inversion

1. Kim is running down the street/line/drawing line etc.

I saw some sentences that are inverted and heard this often happens in sports broadcast.

So #1 can be inverted like this?: Down the line running is Kim. ~~@##@$ shoot! and goal!!

I can't make a good example... anyway is that inversion correct?
Could you give me some good examples of the sort?
  

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"Down the line running is Kim" is not right. "Running down the line is Kim" is possible; it might used if it was already known/apparent that someone was running down the line, in order to identify that person as Kim.

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  • "Down the line running is Kim" is not right.
  • "Running down the line is Kim" is possible; it might used if it was already known/apparent that someone was running down the line, in order to identify that person as Kim.
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"Down the line running is Kim" is not right. "Running down the line is Kim" is possible; it might used if it was already known/apparent that someone was running down the line, in order to identify that person as Kim.
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Then what kind of inversion is this?
I found this sentence in my book.

Down the man came from upstairs.
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moon7296Down the man came from upstairs.
This is a slightly unusual word order. It might be used in a story for colour or variety.
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Ah Okay. Then can I say "Coming down from upstairs is/was John(or the man)" assuming that it was already known that someone was coming down from upstairs?
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moon7296 Ah Okay. Then can I say "Coming down from upstairs is/was John(or the man)" assuming that it was already known that someone was coming down from upstairs?
Yes, that's possible, but "The person coming down from upstairs is/was John" would probably be more common in this situation.
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