Timeline for Sentence structure for grammar: parallel vs. what feels natural
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| Feb 18, 2014 at 2:37 | answer | added | F C | timeline score: 0 | |
| S Feb 16, 2014 at 15:46 | history | edited | Brian Hooper | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Formatting of writing.
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| S Feb 16, 2014 at 15:46 | history | suggested | user-53616E63686974 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Formatting of writing.
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| Feb 9, 2014 at 22:41 | comment | added | F.E. | @virmaior "But using inversion is best limited to certain contexts like subjunctives or places where there is an emphatic value for it." -- I think that opinion is flawed. True, there are places when inversion is obligatory or strongly preferred. But, when subject-dependent inversion is optional (such as the OP's sentence), then the main factors as to whether or not to use inversion will depend on information packaging and on how the author wants to present the chunks of info. There are constraints, but those are due to information packaging factors. | |
| Feb 9, 2014 at 22:32 | comment | added | virmaior | Obviously, depends it on the context whether one should use inversion. But using inversion is best limited to certain contexts like subjunctives or places where there is an emphatic value for it. I take the sentence worded in normal order to be he has the original record, so I think the inversion in this case is uncalled for. | |
| Feb 9, 2014 at 22:29 | comment | added | F.E. | @virmaior It depends on context as to the acceptability of a specific sentence. That sentence "With him is the original record", per se, has nothing wrong with it. The issue is information packaging: the order in how the author wishes to introduce the bits of information to the reader. | |
| Feb 9, 2014 at 22:00 | comment | added | virmaior | @F.E. inversion I understand, but limits are there to when is it wise. | |
| Feb 9, 2014 at 19:59 | comment | added | F.E. | @virmaior There's no tortured English in "With him is the original record". It happens to use subject-dependent inversion, e.g. "In the drawer was a gun", which is part of today's standard English. | |
| Feb 9, 2014 at 13:02 | answer | added | Algernon_Asimov | timeline score: 1 | |
| S Feb 9, 2014 at 10:12 | history | suggested | Patrick Călinescu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
inversion, punctuation
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| Feb 9, 2014 at 9:55 | comment | added | virmaior | With him is the original record is at best some sort of tortured English. What is it supposed to mean other than an odd riddle? | |
| Feb 9, 2014 at 4:52 | review | First posts | |||
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| Feb 9, 2014 at 4:34 | history | asked | F C | CC BY-SA 3.0 |