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Marc93 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

ordering of sentence

Please help me order ther sentence :

Hardly had my brother descended from the plane
(P) when the people
(Q) waved and cheered
(R) who had come to receive him
(S) from the lounge

Will it be PRQS or PRSQ ?
  

Top answer

PRQS is correct.

— Teechr

  • PRQS is correct.
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teechrPRQS is correct.
Warning. Off-topic.

... though in Rome it's SPQR (Senatus Populusque Romanus -The senate and people of Rome).

Sorry. Couldn't resist when I saw those letters.

CJ
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That's interesting, Jim. Emotion: wink
I wonder why they decided to use four letters (instead of three) to make that acronym.
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teechrfour letters (instead of three)
You'll have to ask the ancient Romans about that. "que" at the end of a word is the same as "et" in front of it. Both mean "and". LATINWASORIGINALLYWRITTENLIKETHIS, so it was an arbitrary matter where the word divisions were.

When I last visited Rome, I couldn't help but notice that just about everything of civ
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CalifJimI couldn't help but notice that just about everything of civic importance was labelled SPQR, including the man-hole covers.
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I'm surprised you didn't know that,
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fivejedjonSanitary Precautions Queries Resource.
Macchè! Questo non è nemmeno in italiano!

CJ
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CalifJim fivejedjonSanitary Precautions Queries Resource.Macchè! Questo non è nemmeno in italiano!CJ
Sanititaria Precautinione Queriiariari Resotcchi.

Ish. I think. It's just possible I .could be mistaken,
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