Though I like Paris, I can't live there.

[neb090]

Though I like Paris, I can't live there.

inverted sentences:
1. Much as I like Paris, I can't live there.
2. Like Paris as I do, I can't live there.

Which of the above inverted sentences is correct?

 

[jutfrank]

Perhaps you want to say this:

As much as I like Paris, I wouldn't want to live there.

 

[5jj]

1. Much as I like Paris, I can't live there.

That seems OK to me.

2. Like Paris as I do, I can't live there.

That doesn't work.

 

[neb090]

So how can I change the following two sentences into inverted sentence?

1. Though we lost the money, we got a lot of experience.

(Is it "Much as we lost the money, we got a lot of experience?")

2. Though you don't like the party, you have to attend.

 

[Tarheel]

Perhaps:

Although we lost the money, it was worth it for the experience.

Even though we lost the money it was worth it for the experience.

- - - - - -

Although you don't want to attend the party, you have to go.

Although you don't want to attend the party, you have to go.

Although you don't want to go to the party, you must do so.

Even though you don't want to you still have to go to the party.

 

[jutfrank]

inverted sentences:
1. Much as I like Paris, I can't live there.
2. Like Paris as I do, I can't live there.

Which of the above inverted sentences is correct?

Who told you these are inverted sentences? Tell us what you think inverted sentences are.

 

[neb090]

Who told you these are inverted sentences? Tell us what you think inverted sentences are.

Sorry. I mean "inversion."

 

[dunchee]

Some call it "inverted sentence(s)"(*1). Some call it "inversion". They refer to the same thing.

You still have to answer jutfrank's question in #6.


(*1) I googled it.

 

[neb090]

Who told you these are inverted sentences? Tell us what you think inverted sentences are.

语法||As，though引导让步状语从句的倒装句式

本文转载自网络，侵删。As，though引导让步状语从句时，为了语气或者正式文体的需要，通常可以改为倒装的句式。 具体变法是把从句中作状语或者表语的”名词/动词/形容词/副词/动词（分词）”提到句首，形成倒装结…

zhuanlan.zhihu.com

 

[Tarheel]

@neb090 Two things. One, I can't read Chinese. Two, I want to know what an inverted sentence is.

 

[neb090]

@neb090 Two things. One, I can't read Chinese. Two, I want to know what an inverted sentence is.

For example,

1. Though he is rich, he is not happy.

inverted sentence: Rich though he is, he is not happy.

2. Though he studied hard, he didn't pass the exam.

inverted sentence: Hard though he studied, he didn't pass the exam.

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[Tarheel]

@neb090
If I were you I wouldn't waste my time on that stuff.

 

[jutfrank]

For example,

1. Though he is rich, he is not happy.

inverted sentence: Rich though he is, he is not happy.

2. Though he studied hard, he didn't pass the exam.

inverted sentence: Hard though he studied, he didn't pass the exam.

Okay. It's a bit clearer now what you're trying to do. The closest equivalent transformation of your original sentence is this:

Like Paris though I do, I can't live there.

Still, that's not to say it's a good sentence. Tell us where you got the original sentence from and why you're trying to invert the subordinate clause.

 

[neb090]

Okay. It's a bit clearer now what you're trying to do. The closest equivalent transformation of your original sentence is this:

Like Paris though I do, I can't live there.

Still, that's not to say it's a good sentence. Tell us where you got the original sentence from and why you're trying to invert the subordinate clause.

I saw this sentence after it is inverted:

before inverted: Though I lost money, we got a lot of experience.

after inverted: Lose money as I did, we got a lot of experience.


And that's why I am wondering if I can say:

before inverted: Though I like Paris, I couldn't live there.

after inverted: Like Paris as I do, I can't live there.

语法||As，though引导让步状语从句的倒装句式

本文转载自网络，侵删。As，though引导让步状语从句时，为了语气或者正式文体的需要，通常可以改为倒装的句式。 具体变法是把从句中作状语或者表语的”名词/动词/形容词/副词/动词（分词）”提到句首，形成倒装结…

zhuanlan.zhihu.com

 

[emsr2d2]

after inverted: Lose money as I did, we got a lot of experience.

If that's an example sentence from that source (I don't know if it's a book, website or something else because I can't read Chinese), then I suggest you stop using it.

 

[neb090]

If that's an example sentence from that source (I don't know if it's a book, website or something else because I can't read Chinese), then I suggest you stop using it.

So, how could I use inverted structure in "Though we lost the money, we got a lot of experience."?

 

[dunchee]

So, how could I use inverted structure in "Though we lost the money, we got a lot of experience."?

The answer is very simple. Don't. At least for now.

Dr. Darling said it better:
https://www.guidetogrammar.org/grammar/subjects.htm#inversion

There are other uses of inversion, but most of those result in a strained or literary effect.

 

[neb090]

The answer is very simple. Don't. At least for now.

Dr. Darling said it better:
https://www.guidetogrammar.org/grammar/subjects.htm#inversion

Sorry. I couldn't find the answer to my question on the website.

 

[Tarheel]

@neb090
I'm still not sure what inversion is. Do you think I should learn it? (You seem to think it's important, but I don't know why.)

 

[neb090]

@neb090
I'm still not sure what inversion is. Do you think I should learn it? (You seem to think it's important, but I don't know why.)

Hi, Tarheel,
The inversion structure is what I am learning in my English textbook.

However, my English textbook just teaches several examples like:

Though he is rich, he is not happy. ---> Rich though he is, he is not happy.
Though he studied hard, he didn't pass the exam. ---> Hard though he studied, he didn't pass the exam.
Though he is a boy, he is well-behaved. ---> Boy though he is, he is well-behaved.

But I want to know how could I use the same structure in "Though we lost the money, we got a lot of experience."