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Hans51 Posted 11 years ago
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On the desk were there a lot of books and magazines.
There were a lot of books and magazines on the desk.
-> On the desk were there a lot of books and magazines.
When inversion happens in the sentence, the latter one is correct?
I think that There is/ are sentences is already inverted and then there is no reason to invert, isn't it?
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance!
-> On the desk were there a lot of books and magazines.
When inversion happens in the sentence, the latter one is correct?
I think that There is/ are sentences is already inverted and then there is no reason to invert, isn't it?
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance!
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Hans51 When inversion happens in the sentence, the latter one is correct? No. 'On the desk there were.
- Hans51 When inversion happens in the sentence, the latter one is correct?
- No.
- 'On the desk there were.
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Hans51When inversion happens in the sentence, the latter one is correct?No. 'On the desk there were...'
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Thank you, so this sentence On the desk were there a lot of books and magazines. is never possible, right?
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much!
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Thank you so much and someone insists that there should be a comma like On the desk, there were a lot of books and magazines and if there is no comma, it should be "On the desk were there a lot of books and magazines."
Do you agree with this?
Do you agree with this?
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