Inversion?
She was fair and not very tall; after her trotted a white Pomeranian.
In the sentence, is the second part an inversion? Can I rephrase it like the following?
... a white Pomeranian trotted after her.
Thanks in advance.
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" anonymous In the sentence, is the second part an inversion? Yes, the subject and verb have been inverted. " anonymous Can I rephrase it like the following?
- " anonymous In the sentence, is the second part an inversion?
- Yes, the subject and verb have been inverted.
- " anonymous Can I rephrase it like the following?
- Yes, but I'd use a conjunction, instead of a semicolon, because I think the two clauses are two separate thoughts.
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I would add a comma in the original sentence:
"She was fair and not very tall; after her, trotted a white Pomeranian."
anonymousIn the sentence, is the second part an inversion?
Yes, the subject and verb have been inverted.
You could also put it this way:
"She was fair and not very tall, and trotting after her was a white Pomera
0anonymousIn the sentence, is the second part an inversion?
Yes. No comma is called for.
anonymousCan I rephrase it like the following?
as follows
anonymous... a white Pomeranian trotted after her.
Yes, but I can see why the writer put it the other way—the Pomeranian comes
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