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John liao Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
inversion right?
original order:
Sakurako Uehara was in a critical condition at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland after being attacked a day before by four Staffordshire bull terrier-cross dogs at a family friend's home.
inversion:
In a critical condition was Sakurako Uehara t Middlemore Hospital in Auckland after being attacked a day before by four Staffordshire bull terrier-cross dogs at a family friend's home.
Sakurako Uehara was in a critical condition at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland after being attacked a day before by four Staffordshire bull terrier-cross dogs at a family friend's home.
inversion:
In a critical condition was Sakurako Uehara t Middlemore Hospital in Auckland after being attacked a day before by four Staffordshire bull terrier-cross dogs at a family friend's home.
Top answer
Not quite. Say eg In a critical condition in Middlemore Hospital in Auckland, after being attacked a day before by four Staffordshire bull terrier-cross dogs at a family friend's home, was Sakurako Uehara. eg In a critical condition in Middlemore Hospital in Auckland was Sakurako Uehara, after being attacked a day before by four Staffordshire bull terrier-cross dogs at a family friend's home.
- Not quite.
- Say eg In a critical condition in Middlemore Hospital in Auckland, after being attacked a day before by four Staffordshire bull terrier-cross dogs at a family friend's home, was Sakurako Uehara.
- eg In a critical condition in Middlemore Hospital in Auckland was Sakurako Uehara, after being attacked a day before by four Staffordshire bull terrier-cross dogs at a family friend's home.
- I prefer my first example.
- This structure is typical of a newspaper story.
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Not quite. Say
eg In a critical condition in Middlemore Hospital in Auckland, after being attacked a day before by four Staffordshire bull terrier-cross dogs at a family friend's home, was Sakurako Uehara.
eg In a critical condition in Middlemore Hospital in Auckland, after being attacked a day before by four Staffordshire bull terrier-cross dogs at a family friend's home, was Sakurako Uehara.
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