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This tag is for questions about linguistics, the scientific study of language and its structure. It can involve areas like phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and phonetics.

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"We went swimming later in the afternoon, Jack and I."

Why does the following phrase sound old fashioned? We went swimming later in the afternoon, Jack and I. I am trying to describe what is happening here by breaking the sentence down into its basi …
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