Timeline for Construction of clarifying phrases
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| Nov 28, 2021 at 5:05 | vote | accept | Mohammad | ||
| Nov 22, 2021 at 18:58 | answer | added | Sam | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 20, 2021 at 9:43 | comment | added | Old Brixtonian | Those are all perfectly idiomatic, with or without is/did. They usually take a comma where you have an ellipsis. In a sentence like "They got here early, my brothers", where it may look as if the brothers are being addressed, adding 'did' clarifies things. In many parts of the UK "He's a bit strange is Derek" is colloquial. That construction would also work with your sentences. "They got here early, did my brothers". | |
| Nov 20, 2021 at 6:14 | history | edited | Mohammad | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 20, 2021 at 5:58 | history | asked | Mohammad | CC BY-SA 4.0 |