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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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Inverted though
1. Hard though he has tried, he still cannot open the door.
2. Hard though has he tried, he still cannot open the door.
"Though" inversion is not common, so I am not sure which one of the above is correct.
Could you tell me the correct one?
Thank you.
2. Hard though has he tried, he still cannot open the door.
"Though" inversion is not common, so I am not sure which one of the above is correct.
Could you tell me the correct one?
Thank you.
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#1 only. You are not inverting 'though', I think; you are trying to invert 'hard'. At least, I can permute nothing with 'though' + s-v inversion: Hard though I had tried, I failed.
- #1 only.
- You are not inverting 'though', I think; you are trying to invert 'hard'.
- At least, I can permute nothing with 'though' + s-v inversion: Hard though I had tried, I failed.
- Though I had tried hard, I failed.
- Easy though it was, I failed.
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#1 only.
You are not inverting 'though', I think; you are trying to invert 'hard'. At least, I can permute nothing with 'though' + s-v inversion:
Hard though I had tried, I failed.
Though I had tried hard, I failed.
Easy though it was, I failed.
Hardly had I tried, when I failed.
Never had I tried, so I failed.
Often had I tried, but I failed.
You are not inverting 'though', I think; you are trying to invert 'hard'. At least, I can permute nothing with 'though' + s-v inversion:
Hard though I had tried, I failed.
Though I had tried hard, I failed.
Easy though it was, I failed.
Hardly had I tried, when I failed.
Never had I tried, so I failed.
Often had I tried, but I failed.
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