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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
  

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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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