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Lagataw Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Which sounds more natural?
Which of the following sounds more natural?
Walk 3 more blocks down the street towards Shinjuko.
Walk down the street towards Shinjuko 3 more blocks.
In the phrase "walk a mile", is a mile a direct object or a contracted form of the adverb for a mile?
Walk 3 more blocks down the street towards Shinjuko.
Walk down the street towards Shinjuko 3 more blocks.
In the phrase "walk a mile", is a mile a direct object or a contracted form of the adverb for a mile?
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"Walk three more blocks down the street towards Shinjuko" is more natural. And in the phrase "Walk a mile," the word "mile" is the direct object.
- "Walk three more blocks down the street towards Shinjuko" is more natural.
- And in the phrase "Walk a mile," the word "mile" is the direct object.
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"Walk three more blocks down the street towards Shinjuko" is more natural.
And in the phrase "Walk a mile," the word "mile" is the direct object.
And in the phrase "Walk a mile," the word "mile" is the direct object.
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All of these are fine, common and natural; placement of the adverbial here is not of the essence, and the utterance could come out in any of these forms without any real change in emphasis, though emphasis tends to be, if anywhere, at the end of an English sentence:
Walk 3 more blocks down the street towards Shinjuko.
Walk down the street towards Shinjuko 3
Walk 3 more blocks down the street towards Shinjuko.
Walk down the street towards Shinjuko 3
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