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WORD ORDER

WORD ORDER IS VERY IMPORTANT IN ENGLISH SENTENCES.


ENGLISH RELIES HEAVILY ON WORD ORDER TO CONVEY MEANING.
THE NORMAL WORD ORDER FOR AN ENGLISH STATEMENT IS:
SUBJECT, VERB, DIRECT OBJECT, ADVERBIAL MODIFIERS. BE
CAREFUL NOT TO SEPARATE A VERB AND ITS DIRECT OBJECT WITH
AN ADVERBIAL MODIFIER.

WRONG: I SAW YESTERDAY MY FRIEND.

RIGHT: I SAW MY FRIEND YESTERDAY.

I ATE A SANDWICH IN THE CAFETERIA AT 12:00 YESTERDAY.

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