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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Reversed word order

After the civil war with Maoist rebels came the war against drug lords.

Are "the war" (a subject) and "came" (a verb) in an inverted word order in the above sentence?
  

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Anonymous Are "the war" (a subject) and "came" (a verb) in an inverted word order in the above sentence? Yes, they are. It is because of the fronted adverbial phrase.

  • Anonymous Are "the war" (a subject) and "came" (a verb) in an inverted word order in the above sentence?
  • Yes, they are.
  • It is because of the fronted adverbial phrase.
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AnonymousAre "the war" (a subject) and "came" (a verb) in an inverted word order in the above sentence?
Yes, they are. It is because of the fronted adverbial phrase.

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