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Matthew Wai Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Is it unnatural?
"Towards the river headed the troop."
Two teachers on another forum deemed it unnatural, do you agree?
Two teachers on another forum deemed it unnatural, do you agree?
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It's natural as a poetic or as a suspense narrative. It's not something that would be spoken, but pre-written. d
- It's natural as a poetic or as a suspense narrative.
- It's not something that would be spoken, but pre-written.
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It's natural as a poetic or as a suspense narrative. It's not something that would be spoken, but pre-written.
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On this grammar page, there is an example: Up the hill trundled the train.
Is it also unnatural in spoken English?
Is it also unnatural in spoken English?
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As with the previous one, it's part of a story/adventure/suspense narration that gets consciously composed, but it isn't spoken in everyday speech.
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"Down fell the cup."
Is it also not spoken in everyday speech and only used in poem, literature, stories etc?
Is it also not spoken in everyday speech and only used in poem, literature, stories etc?
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Again, poetic, adding a sense of composed drama.
Some poetic forms are used sometimes in speech, perhaps because they are often encountered in poems, or perhaps because they were never lost.
In this instance, one might occasionally speak "down fell the cup" - but as before, it has a poetic, dramatic feel that's different from ordinary speech.
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Some poetic forms are used sometimes in speech, perhaps because they are often encountered in poems, or perhaps because they were never lost.
In this instance, one might occasionally speak "down fell the cup" - but as before, it has a poetic, dramatic feel that's different from ordinary speech.
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