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Anneso2423 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Unusual sentence order
When I was a student I learned a term for unusual sentence order such as "Back to the house go I." Now I cannot find any reference to what that is called. Please tell me! Anne
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Locative inversion. More specifically, it's a subclass of locative inversion that has a directional prepositional phrase instead of the more usual locative phrase. Locative inversions (two types): On that island was found buried treasure.
- Locative inversion.
- More specifically, it's a subclass of locative inversion that has a directional prepositional phrase instead of the more usual locative phrase.
- Locative inversions (two types): On that island was found buried treasure.
- (locative PP) Onto the table jumped a cat.
- (directional PP) CJ
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Locative inversion.
More specifically, it's a subclass of locative inversion that has a directional prepositional phrase instead of the more usual locative phrase.
Locative inversions (two types):
On that island was found buried treasure. (locative PP)
Onto the table jumped a cat. (directional PP)
CJ
More specifically, it's a subclass of locative inversion that has a directional prepositional phrase instead of the more usual locative phrase.
Locative inversions (two types):
On that island was found buried treasure. (locative PP)
Onto the table jumped a cat. (directional PP)
CJ
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Can you be thinking of "inversion," or "inverted sentence order"?
This simply means the verb comes before the subject.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_sentence
This simply means the verb comes before the subject.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverted_sentence
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Hi, CJ,
What would you make of this? Back to the house I go.
Rgdz, - A.
What would you make of this? Back to the house I go.
Rgdz, - A.
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