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HifaMo Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
starts the test
Please is the following sentence correct?
At 3 p.m., starts the test.
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At 3 p.m., starts the test.
Thank you
Top answer
It's not natural. We'd say: The test starts at 3pm At 3pm the test starts.
- It's not natural.
- We'd say: The test starts at 3pm At 3pm the test starts.
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It's not natural. We'd say:
The test starts at 3pm
At 3pm the test starts.
The test starts at 3pm
At 3pm the test starts.
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For practical purposes it is incorrect and should read "At 3 p.m., the test starts" (focusing on the question of what happens at 3 p.m) or "The test starts at 3 p.m." (focusing on the question of when the test starts).
The pattern "At ... starts ..." may sometimes be possible in a poetic or literary style (though probably I would dispense with the comma), but this subject matter seems uns
The pattern "At ... starts ..." may sometimes be possible in a poetic or literary style (though probably I would dispense with the comma), but this subject matter seems uns
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