wotcha
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- Jun 29, 2010
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1. Tom was not very happy.
2. Not very happy was Tom.
3. Not Tom was very happy.
To emphasize a complement in a negative sentence, we put the complement and 'not' together
at the start of a sentence and an inversion occurs like sentence 2.
Then, what about sentence 3? Is this pattern possible?
2. Not very happy was Tom.
3. Not Tom was very happy.
To emphasize a complement in a negative sentence, we put the complement and 'not' together
at the start of a sentence and an inversion occurs like sentence 2.
Then, what about sentence 3? Is this pattern possible?
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