Timeline for Is the SVOMPT word order necessary in creating a sentence?
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Oct 21, 2013 at 13:24 | comment | added | Jay | Yes, it shouldn't be a capital offense. Maybe a lower-case offense. | |
Oct 9, 2013 at 18:23 | comment | added | Stephen | (continuation 2) but just make it a fixed rule and make disobedience of the rule a capital crime. Now it makes sense! | |
Oct 9, 2013 at 18:21 | comment | added | Stephen | (continuation) bbc.co.uk/dna/mble/html/NF2712585?thread=4456962 where I found "At the end of the sentence: place before time; Its called linguistic typology and its the matter of adpositional phrases in a sentence. Sentence pattern is usually SVO, however, a lot of variations are possible. German and Japanese have a different word order (time before place)." i.e. "place before time" is used in contrast to "time before place"! Thus, don't tell the pupils "It is usually just the other way round than the usage in your native language", (to be continued) | |
Oct 9, 2013 at 18:20 | comment | added | Stephen | Interesting. There is a question at ELU about a rule "time before place", english.stackexchange.com/questions/60520/…. The "place before time" can be found at e.g. grammar-test.englet.com/word-order & de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Englische_Grammatik & englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/satzstellung_2.htm & (to be continued) | |
Oct 1, 2013 at 21:13 | comment | added | Jay | "I bought a boat in Plymouth on Friday." "I bought a boat on Friday in Plymouth." Both are perfectly valid. "On Friday I bought a boat in Plymouth." Perfectly good. "In Plymouth I bought a boat on Friday." Sounds awkward but valid. Etc. I am not aware of the rule that you are talking about. I doubt that most native speakers have ever heard of such a rule. | |
S Sep 28, 2013 at 16:09 | history | suggested | Stephen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
"bought" -> "boat"
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Feb 26, 2013 at 20:42 | comment | added | Stephen | Really? We learned the "place before time - always, forever, in each case and absolutely!!!"-rule. (That is, when they go together. If "time" is at the beginning of a sentence, SPO follow, and "place" is at the end, that would be OK, too.) Does it no longer hold true? | |
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Feb 26, 2013 at 15:14 | history | answered | Jay | CC BY-SA 3.0 |