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Tarirotari Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Subject Inversion
I've read some sentences in a house description such as:
"Behind the window is the balcony", or
"On the walls are pictures of my son"
It seems to me that these sentences are correct, since I think you may have an inversion in a sentence with an adverbial at the beginning. But doesn't it sound literary or too formal (which I don't think is the intention of the text)?
What do you think?
Thanks
"Behind the window is the balcony", or
"On the walls are pictures of my son"
It seems to me that these sentences are correct, since I think you may have an inversion in a sentence with an adverbial at the beginning. But doesn't it sound literary or too formal (which I don't think is the intention of the text)?
What do you think?
Thanks
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tarirotari What do you think? I haven't read the entire text, so I have no idea about the intention of the text and can hardly form an opinion of whether it's too literary or formal. CJ
- tarirotari What do you think?
- I haven't read the entire text, so I have no idea about the intention of the text and can hardly form an opinion of whether it's too literary or formal.
- CJ
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tarirotariWhat do you think?I haven't read the entire text, so I have no idea about the intention of the text and can hardly form an opinion of whether it's too literary or formal.
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Opinions on this may differ, but to me this kind of inversion sounds slightly literary, but not excessively so. I don't have any problem with its use in an ordinary written context, and on occasion I might even use it in conversation.
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