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Komountain Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
"quotation" replied I.
Hello.
1. "That's enough," said the man.
2. "Thats' enough," the man said.
Both are correct when the speaker (the man) is not a pronoun.
3. "That's enough," she said.
4. That's enough," said she.
Sentences 3 and 4 seem correct. Now let's look at the following.
5. "That's enough," I replied.
6. "That's enough," replied I.
Sentence #5 is definitely correct. Is Sentence #6 also correct? For some reason, it sounds awkward to me. I'd appreciate your comments.
1. "That's enough," said the man.
2. "Thats' enough," the man said.
Both are correct when the speaker (the man) is not a pronoun.
3. "That's enough," she said.
4. That's enough," said she.
Sentences 3 and 4 seem correct. Now let's look at the following.
5. "That's enough," I replied.
6. "That's enough," replied I.
Sentence #5 is definitely correct. Is Sentence #6 also correct? For some reason, it sounds awkward to me. I'd appreciate your comments.
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Hi, All these inversions of pronoun and verb are correct grammar. However, I would say they're not common at all. And they sound literary and rather arch, even more so when the pronoun is 'I'.
- Hi, All these inversions of pronoun and verb are correct grammar.
- However, I would say they're not common at all.
- And they sound literary and rather arch, even more so when the pronoun is 'I'.
- I wouldn't recommend that you go around using this construction in everyday conversation.
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Hi,
All these inversions of pronoun and verb are correct grammar. However, I would say they're not common at all. And they sound literary and rather arch, even more so when the pronoun is 'I'.
I wouldn't recommend that you go around using this construction in everyday conversation.
All these inversions of pronoun and verb are correct grammar. However, I would say they're not common at all. And they sound literary and rather arch, even more so when the pronoun is 'I'.
I wouldn't recommend that you go around using this construction in everyday conversation.
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