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BoSsSy Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Is it okay to use "to + indirect object" before the direct object? And can you use different order from SVO?

Is it okay to use "to + indirect object" before the direct object? Like that:

I gave to John a pen.


Also is it okay to change the word order in English?

Like for example:

Basketball I play. (object of play is basketball)

Nothing special it is. (object nothing)

Nothing can you do. (object nothing)

  

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No, none of your examples are correct.

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No, none of your examples are correct.

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BoSsSyis it okay to change the word order in English?

Ninety-nine percent of the time, no.

Occasionally you'll see the direct object at the beginning of a sentence in conversational style.

— Can you speak Chinese?
— No.
— Can you speak Swahili?
— No.
— Can you speak English?
— Now th
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