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Word order - yeasterday
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00 I have the fellowing sentences. - What is the correct position of the word "yeasterday" ? 02 br
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00 1) What did you wait for yeasterday? - He asked her what she waited for yeasterday . 02 br
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00 2) What did you wait yeasterday for? - He asked her what she waited yeasterday for. 02 br
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00 Thank for your answers Mowgli 0-
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00 I have the fellowing sentences. - What is the correct position of the word "yeasterday" ? 02 br
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00 1) What did you wait for yeasterday? - He asked her what she waited for yeasterday . 02 br
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00 2) What did you wait yeasterday for? - He asked her what she waited yeasterday for. 02 br
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00 Thank for your answers Mowgli 0-
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0 It's 01 i 00 yesterday 02 i 00 , Mowgli-- and yes, the positions are OK. 0-
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0 For # 1- I'd say "what were you waiting for yesterday? "? instead of just a simple past tense. 02 br
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00 # 2 is awkward. I don't think people really speak that way. 02 br
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00 However, there are contexts where "yesterday" can be placed at the beginning or at the end of a sentense. i .e. I went to a movie with Mary yesterady, or yesterday I went to a mov
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00 # 2 is awkward. I don't think people really speak that way. 02 br
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00 However, there are contexts where "yesterday" can be placed at the beginning or at the end of a sentense. i .e. I went to a movie with Mary yesterady, or yesterday I went to a mov
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