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Appendix 4
Appendix4
UNIT 119
UNIT 119
bicycles. X
Outside his house were playing two children on
1 1 Outside his house were playing two children on bicycles. X
house two
his
children
on
were
playing.
Outside
bicycles
•
*" ® Outside his house two children on bicycles were playing. W
in went we.
X
The door opened and
2 2 The door opened and in went we. X
door
and
in
opened
@ The
we went. W (We don't invert subject and verb when the subject
•" The door opened and in we went. \/ (We don't invert subject and verb when the subject
is a pronoun.)
is a pronoun.)
UNIT 120
UNIT 120
X
1 1 There never had been a tennis match like it. it. X
There never had been a tennis match like
a tennis match
it.
like
been
(We don't use
inversion when the
never
v'
<•" There had never been a tennis match like it. “% (We don't use inversion when the
@ There had
negative adverbial is not at the beginning of a clause.)
negative adverbial is not at the beginning of a clause.)
So tired David was that he went straight to bed. X
2 2 So tired David was that he went straight to bed. X
bed.
David that
So tired was
he went straight
to
@
** So tired was David that he went straight to bed. ^

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