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Norwolf Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Lies/does lie

Hi, teachers.

Here follows the fourth question:

At the meeting place of the Yangtze River and the _______, one of the ten largest cities in .

A lies Chongqing B Chongqing lies C does lie Chongqing D does lie

A is the answer. Can we say C to emphasize it ?

Would you please some usage about such inverted expressions?

Thank you very much.
  

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I, too, am confused why none of the inverted versions are acceptable, for, say, literary effect.
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It's inversion PLUS emphatic 'do' that doesn't work. Why be confused? This is the language.
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Hi, OK, so does Chongqing lie is only incorrect?

So these work?

B?

C?

Chongqing does lie?
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At the meeting place of the Yangtze River and the Jialing River lies Chongqing.-- standard inversion after fronted adverbial of place.

At the meeting place of the Yangtze River and the Jialing River Chongqing lies.-- OK but sounds poetic because the inversion is actually the unmarked form.

The emphatic do (in the face of denial of the ci
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Thanks, MM
Mister Micawberis actually the unmarked form.

What do you mean by 'unmarked' here?
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I use the phrase to mean the standard/usual/unstressed/unremarkable form.
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Mister MicawberAt the meeting place of the Yangtze River and the Jialing River lies Chongqing.-- standard inversion after fronted adverbial of place.At the meeting place of the Yangtze River and the Jialing River Chongqing lies.-- OK but sounds poetic because the inversion is actually the unmarked form.The emphatic do (in the face of denial of the city's location) would r
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