out of the room

[navi tasan]

Are these sentences correct:
1-Out of the room ran a mouse.
2-Into the room went a cat.
3-Out of the room it ran.

[Tdol]

They look correct to me. :D

Originally Posted by tdol

They look correct to me. :D

They're correct, but do you think the word order is typical?

1-Out of the room ran a mouse.
2-Into the room went a cat.
3-Out of the room it ran.


1. A mouse ran out of the room.

2. A cat went into the room.

3. It ran out of the room.

[Tdol]

Less common, but perfectly acceptable in BE.

I wasn't questioning whether or not they were acceptable. Of course, they're perfectly acceptable in AE as well.


Would you venture out so far as to call them inversions?

Originally Posted by navi tasan

Are these sentences correct:
1-Out of the room ran a mouse.
2-Into the room went a cat.
3-Out of the room it ran.

The word order here is more typical of poetry than of prose.

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[navi tasan]

Thanks TDOL, Talkdown and Gwen.

[Tdol]

They're inertions of a sort as the complement is moved. :o

[MikeNewYork]

Originally Posted by navi tasan

Are these sentences correct:
1-Out of the room ran a mouse.
2-Into the room went a cat.
3-Out of the room it ran.

They are grammatical but unusual.