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Faisalkhan Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Which one is better or grammaratically correct?

Marriage registration can play a significant role to help them in this situation.

The sentence below does not follow the "subject+ verb+ object" rule like the above one. Is that OK?

To help them in this situation, marriage registration can play a significant role.

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faisalkhan The sentence below does not follow the "subject+ verb+ object" rule like the above one. Is that OK? It does follow SVO.

  • faisalkhan The sentence below does not follow the "subject+ verb+ object" rule like the above one.
  • Is that OK?
  • It does follow SVO.
  • Why do you say it doesn't?
  • marriage registration = subject can play = verb a significant role = object
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faisalkhanThe sentence below does not follow the "subject+ verb+ object" rule like the above one. Is that OK?
It does follow SVO. Why do you say it doesn't?
marriage registration = subject
can play = verb
a significant role = object
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I am talking about this sentence "To help them in this situation, marriage registration can play a significant role."
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The subject precedes the verb and the verb precedes the object in that sentence, as AS told you.
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faisalkhanI am talking about this sentence "To help them in this situation, marriage registration can play a significant role."
Yes, I am talking about that sentence, too. It is SVO order.
Maybe you are confused about the subject, verb and object.
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faisalkhanTo help them in this situation, marriage registration can play a significant role.
To help them in this situation - an adverbial (a non-finite adverbial clause of purpose ~ [in order] To help them...)
marriage registration - a subject;
can play - a predicator;
a significant role - a direct object.
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Anonymouscan play - a predicator;
So as not to confuse the poster, I cite the definition of "predictor."

predicator:
(in systemic grammar) the part of a sentence or clause containing the verbal group; one of the four or five major components into which clauses can be divided, the others being subject, object, adjunct, and (in some versions of the

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