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Vincent Teo Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Setence structure

Can I say,

(a) The ambulance from the hospital came out quickly.

(b) The ambulance came out quickly from the hospital.

=

(a) All the furniture in the room is new.

(b) All the furniture is new in the room.
  

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(a) The ambulance from the hospital came out quickly. 'from the hospital' is defining 'which ambulance' and so comes straight after it == (a) All the furniture in the room is new. 'in this room' is telling us 'which furniture' and so comes straight after it.

  • (a) The ambulance from the hospital came out quickly.
  • 'from the hospital' is defining 'which ambulance' and so comes straight after it == (a) All the furniture in the room is new.
  • 'in this room' is telling us 'which furniture' and so comes straight after it.
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(a) The ambulance from the hospital came out quickly.

'from the hospital' is defining 'which ambulance' and so comes straight after it

==

(a) All the furniture in the room is new.

'in this room' is telling us 'which furniture' and so comes straight after it.

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