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Fattyshank Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Why is it so?
Hello.
In the well-know song I heard lines: "Passing by is a school bus in front of me"
Can we change a position of nouns and verbs without changing a meaning of a sentence? Would it be the same as: "A school bus is passing by in front of me"?
Thanks.
In the well-know song I heard lines: "Passing by is a school bus in front of me"
Can we change a position of nouns and verbs without changing a meaning of a sentence? Would it be the same as: "A school bus is passing by in front of me"?
Thanks.
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Hi, This kind of playing with word order is common in songs and poetry. Clive
- Hi, This kind of playing with word order is common in songs and poetry.
- Clive
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Hi,
This kind of playing with word order is common in songs and poetry.
Clive
This kind of playing with word order is common in songs and poetry.
Clive
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Thanks, Clive. But what about grammar? Would the meaning change if we use that kind of "wordplay" instead of "A school bus is passing by in front of me"?
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Hi,
Not really.
Note that people who write songs often do not worry a lot about precise meaning.
Clive
Not really.
Note that people who write songs often do not worry a lot about precise meaning.
Clive
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Hi,
If one of my students wrote that, I'd say it was incorrect English.
If a prize-winning poet wrote it, I'd say it was an unusual and interesting word-order.
Clive
If one of my students wrote that, I'd say it was incorrect English.
If a prize-winning poet wrote it, I'd say it was an unusual and interesting word-order.
Clive
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