out of the room

[navi tasan]

Are these sentences correct:
1-Out of the room ran a mouse.
2-Into the room went a cat.
3-Out of the room it ran.

 

[Tdol]

They look correct to me.

 

[Anonymous]

They look correct to me.

They're correct, but do you think the word order is typical?

1-Out of the room ran a mouse.
2-Into the room went a cat.
3-Out of the room it ran.


1. A mouse ran out of the room.

2. A cat went into the room.

3. It ran out of the room.

 

[Tdol]

Less common, but perfectly acceptable in BE. :shock:

 

[Anonymous]

I wasn't questioning whether or not they were acceptable. Of course, they're perfectly acceptable in AE as well. :shock:


Would you venture out so far as to call them inversions?

 

[gwendolinest]

Are these sentences correct:
1-Out of the room ran a mouse.
2-Into the room went a cat.
3-Out of the room it ran.

The word order here is more typical of poetry than of prose.

Fade-col

 

[navi tasan]

Thanks TDOL, Talkdown and Gwen.

 

[Tdol]

They're inertions of a sort as the complement is moved.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Are these sentences correct:
1-Out of the room ran a mouse.
2-Into the room went a cat.
3-Out of the room it ran.

They are grammatical but unusual.