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Rex wrote:1. I must do circuit training 3 times a week at the gym.2. I must do circuit training at the gym 3 times a week.I believe the both of the above are fine. What is the standard word order in this context?Your comments are appreciated.I must do circuit training 3 times a week at the...

Rex wrote:1. I must do circuit training 3 times a week at the gym.2. I must do circuit training at the gym 3 times a week.I believe the both of the above are fine. What is the standard word order in this context?Your comments are appreciated.I must do circuit training 3 times a week at the...

Hello, Janissary, 1. If a clause begins with a negative adverb, inverted word order must usually be used, with the subject following the Simple Present or Simple Past of the verb to be, or the first auxiliary. In the case of the Simple Present or Simple Past of any verb other than the verb to...

It is not so simple as that, Flora, but you have the general idea. Good poetry follows natural word stress and sentence stress (I use 'u' for unstressed and '/' for stressed syllables)-- Trees, by Joyce Kilmer 1 I think that I shall never see u/u/u/u/ 2 A poem as...

Hello guysThank you all for the nice comments.I have thought a similar thing to what KoMountain is saying. Let me use some personal terms. So called SVOC patterns can be classed first into “indispensable-C constructs” and “dispensable-C SVOC constructs”. The indispensable-C SVOC-construct can be...

In an exercise entitled word order with verb + object, I found the following sentence: - "He always gets early to the office". I am supposed to correct the position of the adverb since to the office is considered the object and it should come after the verb. - "He always gets to the office...

1. We have juice at home in the refrigerator. 2. Whe have jucie in the refrigerator at home. What's the difference between the two sentences? Thank you very much for your reply.

The more usual word order is "if done carefully", because an adverb of manner is usually placed after the verb form, but I think this is nearly a case of a distinction without a difference. Many speakers prefer "if carefully done", and no one seems to mind. CJ

Viognier wrote:I have an elementary question: what's the difference in meaning between: #1 He walked two hours. #2 He walked for two hours. I've learned that #1 is more natural. But #2 is natural too, isn't it? Hello Roro I'm sorry I am too late to answer. Today my computer has kind...

Many English nouns and noun phrases can be used as adverbs. They are called "adverbial objectives". From the standpoint of word order, an adverbial objective is put as if it were an objective of a verb, but actually it works as an adverbial modifier of the verb. This sort of constructs comes from...