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Lrc007 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Is this structure still in use?

While reading Thomas Common's 1990 translation of THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA I heeded a sentence, "Pure is his eyes, and ..." which means his eyes is pure. As I noticed this kind of ordering of language is wierd, I'd like to ask if this is correct at current time, or even at then?
  

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Correct is the order Poetry, plays, speech, story-telling... For emphasis and tone, this order of words is common used. S.

— Holyduke

  • Correct is the order Poetry, plays, speech, story-telling...
  • For emphasis and tone, this order of words is common used.
  • S.
  • Not used in every-day language.
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Correct is the order Emotion: smile

Poetry, plays, speech, story-telling... For emphasis and tone, this order of words is common used.
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If you watched the movie "300" (the Spartan story)

You will hear this kind of word order giving heavier moods to the adjectives.
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