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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
placement of certain phrases in sentences
Hi,
Sometimes, I get confused as to where I should place certain prepositional phrases or participle phrases. I feel some can go at the front and some at the back of the sentences alike like the second pair of examples below, but sometimes putting some things like ones stated previously makes a difference in terms of sentence legitimacy (if I can use that term to say what I want to say.)
Behind the door, there was a ladder hanged on it.
There was a ladder hanged on the back side of the door.
Going door to door, he solicited for their signatures.
He solicited for their signatures going door to door.
Sometimes, I get confused as to where I should place certain prepositional phrases or participle phrases. I feel some can go at the front and some at the back of the sentences alike like the second pair of examples below, but sometimes putting some things like ones stated previously makes a difference in terms of sentence legitimacy (if I can use that term to say what I want to say.)
Behind the door, there was a ladder hanged on it.
There was a ladder hanged on the back side of the door.
Going door to door, he solicited for their signatures.
He solicited for their signatures going door to door.
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e. on the wall). Going door to door, he solicited their signatures.
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- on the wall).
- Going door to door, he solicited their signatures.
- He solicited their signatures , going door to door.
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You can do this:
Behind the door, there was a ladder hanging.-- (literary)
There was a ladder hanging/hung on the back of the door (i.e on the door) / behind the door (i.e. on the wall).
Going door to door, he solicited their signatures.
He solicited their signatures,
You can do this:
Behind the door, there was a ladder hanging.-- (literary)
There was a ladder hanging/hung on the back of the door (i.e on the door) / behind the door (i.e. on the wall).
Going door to door, he solicited their signatures.
He solicited their signatures,
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