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2. Subject–auxiliary inversion - Wikipedia

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   The word order is therefore Aux-S (auxiliary–subject), which is the opposite of the canonical SV (subject–verb) order of declarative clauses in English. The most frequent use of subject–auxiliary inversion in English is in the formation of questions, although it also has other uses, including the formation of condition clauses, and in the ...

3. Northern Subject Rule - Wikipedia

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   The Northern Subject Rule is a grammatical pattern that occurs in Northern English and Scots dialects. [1] Present-tense verbs may take the verbal ‑ s suffix, except when they are directly adjacent to one of the personal pronouns I , you , we , or they as their subject.

4. Subject–verb–object word order - Wikipedia

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   An example of SVO order in English is: Andy ate cereal. In an analytic language such as English, subject–verb–object order is relatively inflexible because it identifies which part of the sentence is the subject and which one is the object. ("The dog bit Andy" and "Andy bit the dog" mean two completely different things, while, in case of ...

5. Subject–verb inversion in English - Wikipedia

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   Subject–verb inversion in English is a type of inversion marked by a predicate verb that precedes a corresponding subject, e.g., "Beside the bed stood a lamp". Subject–verb inversion is distinct from subject–auxiliary inversion because the verb involved is not an auxiliary verb .

6. Subject (grammar) - Wikipedia

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   The following trees are those of a dependency grammar: [11] Subjects 2. The subject is a dependent of the root node, the finite verb, in both trees. The object, in contrast, appears lower in the second tree, where it is a dependent of the non-finite verb. The subject remains a dependent finite verb when subject-auxiliary inversion occurs ...

7. Exercise book - Wikipedia

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   A student will usually have different exercise books for each separate lesson or subject. The exercise book format is different for some subjects: for the majority of subjects, the exercise book will contain lined paper with a margin, but for other subjects such as mathematics, the exercise book will contain squared paper to aid in the drawing ...