Type of usage in this example
He shouted 'help'
'Help', he shouted.
With speech why can we switch the subject and (predicate) but not in standard writing?
He tells stories.
stories he tells
Is this ok as written?
The performance was good, and there was a sense we were experiencing something new;
a sense we were witnessing someone pushing boundaries and defying conventions.
Top answer
He shouted 'help' 'Help', he shouted. With speech why can we switch the subject and (predicate) but not in standard writing? My feeling is that it's largely a matter of convention.
- He shouted 'help' 'Help', he shouted.
- With speech why can we switch the subject and (predicate) but not in standard writing?
- My feeling is that it's largely a matter of convention.
- We do it because we all do it.
- In addition, perhaps we don't think of the actual words said as the object of the reporting verb in the same way that we think of an object that is not direct speech.
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He shouted 'help'
'Help', he shouted.
With speech why can we switch the subject and (predicate) but not in standard writing?
My feeling is that it's largely a matter of convention. We do it because we all do it.
0The performance was good, and there was a sense we were experiencing something new; in a sense we were witnessing someone pushing boundaries and defying conventions.
Yes, this is OK.
But I still prefer the version with just a comma.
The performance was good, and there was a sense we were experiencing something new, a sense we were witnessing someo
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