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Zazzex Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Sentence aversion

Hello,

"By far, how to make a paper was explained."

Can I change the above as follows?

"By far, explained was how to make a paper."

Thanks a lot. :-)
  

Top answer

" Can I change the above as follows? " You mean 'inversion', not 'aversion'. No, you can't.

— Clive

  • " Can I change the above as follows?
  • " You mean 'inversion', not 'aversion'.
  • No, you can't.
  • Would you want to say'Cooked was dinner' instead of 'Dinner was cooked'?
  • Furthermore, 'by far' is not correct here.
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Hi,

"By far, how to make a paper was explained."



Can I change the above as follows?



"By far, explained was how to make a paper."

You mean 'inversion', not 'aversion'.

No, you can't.

Would you want to say'Cooked was dinner' instead of 'Dinner was cooked'?

Furthermore, 'by far' is not correct here. What do you me
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I meant:

So far was an explanation of how to manufacture a paper. (I am not sure even this is grammatically correct.)

By far, explained was how to make a paper

Here I meant to emphasize "explained" by inversion.
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Hi,

I meant:

So far was an explanation of how to manufacture a paper. (I am not sure even this is grammatically correct.)

'So far' refers to a point in time, which is often the present time.

eg So far, I have worked here for two tears. I intend to work here for another three years.

eg So far, he has explained how to manufacture paper. Now, he is going
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