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Green89 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

preposition and inversion

Please help me

I)"Excuse me. Do you know where the bus terminal is?"
"It is ___ the large police station."

1)opposite

2)opposed to

3)opposite with

4)opposite to

please explain to me why 1 is correct,how about 4,i think it

should have a preposition ''to'' after opposite

II)outside his house were playing two children on bicycles-->wrong

outside his house two children on biccles were playing-->right

Emotion: sad,I don't understand why i can't use inversion in this case

III)1)She went to Helsinki to polish her Finnish up-->wrong

--->the correct answer is:''She went to Helsinki to polish up her Finnish''

2)My father was always ordering about my sister --->wrong

---->the correct answer is:''My father was always ordering my sister about''

please tell me the rule,where should i put the subjects?

Thanks in advance
  

Top answer

Hello, Green, I'll try 1. "it is opposite the large police station": here "opposite" is a preposition ("in a position facing someone or something but on the other side"). "Opposite to" is more related to "contrary to".

— Pieanne

  • Hello, Green, I'll try 1.
  • "it is opposite the large police station": here "opposite" is a preposition ("in a position facing someone or something but on the other side").
  • "Opposite to" is more related to "contrary to".
  • 2.
  • "Outside his house two children on bicycles were playing": it is the normal order, "outside his house" (complement)/ "2 chidren on bicycles" (S)/ "were playing"(verb).
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Hello, Green, I'll try Emotion: smile

1. "it is opposite the large police station": here "opposite" is a preposition ("in a posit
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hello Pieanne,thankyou very much for your response:)

you've helped me to solve my problems,thankyou.

by the way: can you tell me more about inversion? for example: near my house lives an old man-->is this sentence correct? if it is,plz tell me why outside his house hasn't got inversion while near my house can have?

thanks in advance
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Oh, Green, I'm not a specialist on inversions... Better wait till someone else reads your question, OK? Emotion: smile

I know inversions
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Emotion: smile,thankyou,Pieanne.Actually,I don't quite understand the using of inversion.especially in this case.
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