Word Order
First, the basic rule of syntax in English can be derived from the words “subject, predicate, object”. (For example: They go shopping.) Since every sentence in English can be derived from these words, even a subordinate clause. Nevertheless, as is often the case, there are a few exceptions.
Common mistakes:
Similarly, for the following sentences, the sentence order subject, predicate, object is observed:
In an adverbial sentence:
Now they go shopping.
In a subordinate clause:
When I entry the supermarket, I saw a group of people.
In the case of composite tenses:
I have written a massage.
In a suffix:
“I will go shopping“, she said to me.
English syntax in 2 objects:
Usually:
If a sentence contains two objects in English, there is a direct and an indirect object. Where the indirect object is usually a person, rarely a thing, the person with whom something happens.
I gave her the English book.
Do you want to emphasize on the indirect object?
To do this, the indirect object is at the end of the sentence.
I gave the English book to her.
What to keep in mind:
The word “to”:
For most indirect objects, you have to write a “to” before that if you want to emphasize on this. Just as it is in the example.
The other one is “for”:
For other indirect objects, a “for” must be inserted when it is at the end of the sentence. Whereby this depends on the verb. A few examples of such verbs are:
- buy
- cook
- find
- get
- leave
- make
- order
Disagreement to the change with “of” and “for”:
In contrast, with other verbs such a change with “of” or “for” it is not possible. This includes:
- ask
- envy
- forgive
- save
- someone
AN EXAMPLE FOR THIS:
I envy you your new phone.
English syntax in questions:
Present tense:
As always, the subject, the predicate, the object also apply here. An example of this is as follows.
Who are you?
Other tenses:
On the other hand, the order of questions that are not in the present tense are as follows:
Has you write an article?
What have you read?
What to keep in mind:
- Despite all the rules so far, there are prepositions for questions, usually at the end of a sentence.
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Hey, formerly I thought that learning languages was an innate one. Either you can speak English perfectly or not and no matter how much you learn – “I do not write a good grade in English anyway.” But I quickly learned that you do not know everything in your mother tongue.
After a while, I gave myself one last chance to learn English. Only this time I limited myself to the essential points.
That means for me verbs: the form – examples – signal words & the usage
This method enabled me to learn English faster than ever before.
Since then I know that learning to talk is not innate. And through that realization, my visionhas become to offer other students the opportunity to learn English, just like I did back then. Now I ask you to help me by sharing this article with your friends! Thanks a lot!
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