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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Sentence Completion?

Please help me find the correct answer, I am not sure which one is right between 2 and 4

1.) _______ home from the football field when it started to rain.
1. The boys walked with boredom
2. Boringly, walked the boys
3. Boring, the boys walked
4. Bored, the boys walked
5. The boys, boring, walked
  

Top answer

Anonymous I am not sure which one is right between 2 and 4 Only #4 is possible; S-V is out of order, and there is no way to walk boringly.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous I am not sure which one is right between 2 and 4 Only #4 is possible; S-V is out of order, and there is no way to walk boringly.
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Anonymous I am not sure which one is right between 2 and 4
Only #4 is possible; S-V is out of order, and there is no way to walk boringly.
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The reason I'm not sure is because I've never seen participle (like bored,) beginning in the sentence, and I suppose No.2 is inversion form. Thanks for the answer
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Anonymous and I suppose No.2 is inversion form
That doesn't work with the comma, and the adverb is odd. With more reasonable adverbs and in a literary or poetic text, such is possible:

Hardly had I crossed when the rope broke.
Suddenly did the enemy advance upon us
Heavily hangs the head that wears the crown (to misquote
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