It surprised us what she said

[ademoglu]

Hello,

*self-made*

1- What she said surprised us. (It is OK)

2- It surprised us what she said.

Could you please tell me if the second one is grammatically OK or not.

Thanks.

 

[Rover_KE]

Yes, it is — colloquially.

 

[MikeNewYork]

I don't like 2 at all. 1 is fine.

 

[Eckaslike]

To me, 1) is grammatically correct and is the one I'd use when writing.

2) is colloquially used in BrE, as Rover_KE indicated, but even then my feeling is that it would very often end with a few additional words to say when, or where, the surprise took place:

"What she said surprised us last night / at work / in the pub / on the train / in the group discussion."

However, to make them grammatically correct my feeling is that I would put the highlighted elements after the word, "said":

"What she said last night / at work / in the pub / on the train / in the group discussion surprised us."