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| ! people don't use inversions a great deal in casual speech. 2 When they do use them, they tend to get them right, especially because those who use them tend to be the sort who know how to use them. |
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| Am I right that these are ungrammatical? ` * "She not just sang, she also danced." (ungrammatical) * "John not just finished all the work ..." (ungrammatical) ` ---------------- Quote:
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| It means the same. Those sentences don't strike me as ungrammatical. |
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