wotcha Senior Member Joined Jun 29, 2010 Member Type English Teacher Native Language Korean Home Country South Korea Current Location South Korea Nov 25, 2012 #1 1. Tom built the house. 2. The house Tom Built. 3. The house did Tom build. I wonder the correct form of the inversion for sentence 1.
1. Tom built the house. 2. The house Tom Built. 3. The house did Tom build. I wonder the correct form of the inversion for sentence 1.
B billmcd Key Member Joined Mar 27, 2009 Member Type English Teacher Native Language English Home Country United States Current Location United States Nov 25, 2012 #2 wotcha said: 1. Tom built the house. 2. The house Tom Built. 3. The house did Tom build. I wonder the correct form of the inversion for sentence 1. Click to expand... #'s 2 & 3 are not correct. Could be "The house was built by Tom". (Passive)
wotcha said: 1. Tom built the house. 2. The house Tom Built. 3. The house did Tom build. I wonder the correct form of the inversion for sentence 1. Click to expand... #'s 2 & 3 are not correct. Could be "The house was built by Tom". (Passive)
T Tdol No Longer With Us (RIP) Staff member Joined Nov 13, 2002 Native Language British English Home Country UK Current Location Japan Nov 25, 2012 #3 2 would be OK as a phrase, but as billmcd points out, it's not a complete sentence.
