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StephenLai Posted 20 years ago
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0"While you may recognize some....., you will find others surprising" 01b00explains Storti 02b00in 01i00The Art of Coming Home.02i02br
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00One of keys to successful reentry, 01b00explains Storti02b00, is to adjust your......02br
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00Why can it write "explains Storti"?02br
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00However, in the same article:02br
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00"What happens, then, when you come home?" 01b00Storti continues02b00.02br
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00Why does this sentence use "Storti continues" not "continues Storti"?02br
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00Is that just because the word "explain" can be used in inverted way and the word "continue" can't?02br
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00Or "continues Storti" is right as well, and "Storti explains" is right, too?02br
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00Which conditions can use "inverted sentence"?02br
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00Thanks in advance.0-
  

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0Inversions are generally optional with the main clause of reported speech:02br
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01i00'Hello,' said/exclaimed/continued/retorted/moaned Mary.02br
00'Hello,' Mary said/exclaimed/continued/retorted/moaned02i00.0-
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0I'm not clear about why, in this context, you don't write " did Mary say"?0-
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1i00Did Mary say02i00 is the interrogative inversion, Pieanne-- no question.0-
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0Thank you for answering.02br
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01cite10Mister Micawber12cite11i10Did Mary say12i10 is the interrogative inversion, Pieanne-- no question.12br
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10Yes, but I was trying to compare this kind of inversion (in reported speech) with constructions like "little did she know..." etc... In the former, there
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00(Maybe I should simply stop comparing)12blockquote
10I'd be grateful if you did, because I have no idea.02br
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00Seriously: I don't think the interrogative has as much to do with inversion as it does with the phenomenon of '01b00do-support02b00' (q.v.) If you invert your question, you get 01i
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0Thank you, MM, and never mind... Anyway the question I want to ask is not very clear in my mind 05000 I'll just have an aspirin, and think about something else!010id7
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11cite20Mister Micawber22cite21i20Did Mary say22i20 is the interrogative inversion, Pieanne-- no question.22blockquote
20Yes, but I was trying to compare this kind of inversion (in reported speech) with constructions like "lit
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0 [url=05000]Absolute Inversion vs Partial Inversion[/url] 02br
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0Thank you for your explanations, Paco! 05000 The clouds are beginning to clear... Yet your link doesn't work: page unavailable...010id1
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