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English 1b3 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Sentence inversion

Question: Why are these you favourite pants?

Answers:

a. Why these are my favourite pants, I'm not quite sure.

b. Why are these my favourite pants? I'm not quite sure.

c. I'm not quite sure why these are my favourite pants.

Do you accept a, b and c?

Is a an example of sentence inversion?

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Top answer

Do you accept a, b and c? Yes Is a an example of sentence inversion? Yes

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  • Do you accept a, b and c?
  • Yes Is a an example of sentence inversion?
  • Yes
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Do you accept a, b and c? Yes

Is a an example of sentence inversion? Yes
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English 1b3Do you accept a, b and c?
Yes, without the comma in A.
English 1b3Is A an example of sentence inversion?
No. An example of an inverted sentence would be Rarely do I stay up past midnight.
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Aspara GusNo. An example of an inverted sentence would be Rarely do I stay up past midnight.
From my understanding this website would indicate that my example is an inversion.

May I ask why you wouldn't use a comma in a?
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English 1b3From my understanding this website would indicate that my example is an inversion.
It’s an example of an inversion of a verb and its object, not of a subject and its predicate, which is what sentence inversion involves.
English 1b3May I ask why you wouldn't use a comma in A?
For the same reason I wouldn’t use a co
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Aspara GusIt’s an example of an inversion of a verb and its object, not of a subject and its predicate, which is what sentence inversion involves.
Sorry, I forgot to post the link:

http://grammar.about.com/od/il/g/inversionterm.htm
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