In Word order^x, Verbs^x

hey. it looks quite easy to me. the word order is the same in Turkish ,as well. and also generally in Deustch it is so partly. but i want to ask one think. do you conjugate the verbs to indicate time or add new ones like be,will,have?? in Turkish we conjugate the verbs. geliyorum. - i am...

Ruslana wrote:You are to use inverted word order if a sentence begins with the words "here" or "there" and the subject is the noun. Here is the book you are looking for. Here comes my brother. There is your book.But if the subject is the pronoun, then you use usual word...

Here's another case where, if not "inverted", then perhaps "backward", word order is used. Normal word order: Subject, Verb, Place: "The bus stops here." Reverse word order: Place, Verb, Subject. "Here comes the bus!" "There goes your brother!" These examples communicate the idea that the...

Let me tell a bit of my knowledge about what you are asking in the first question. Anonymous wrote:Would it have been (he, him) who scored the winning goal?I can never tell which one to use. The English in old days was a very 'human' language. The old Anglo-Saxon people respected persons much...

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...

Pemmican wrote:Wow, this was an interesting post, "english-test"! But let me make a few additions to your thoughts: >>When discussing cultural differences between nations I think we should always bear in mind a number of things: - people have much more in common than sets them apart...

3. What language do you think is the most difficult? 4. What language do you think the most difficult is? I guess the third one is right, isn't it? When we ask for information, we often say somethink like "Could you tell me.. ". If you begin a question like this, the word order is different...

I prepared only bread and butter with ham.for dinner. I served only bread and butter with ham for dinner. It sounds more natural with this word order. 'Bread and butter' is a standard collocation, not bread with butter. I have change it to prepared and served - otherwise you are saying that...

In English you have an fixed word order, except in interrogatives and exclamations. It looks as this: Subject + verb + object/complement - this is how an affirmative sentence looks like, normally. From this your sentence 4. Max cleaned up it, is correct but since it is a verbal phrase...

These are reported questions; in this case, you use the normal word order: - I couldn't tell who/where my real friends were.