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The Simple Rule in Sentence Formation Is (SVO) : I Speak English I Can Speak English

(1) The document discusses rules for proper sentence formation and placement of words. It covers where to place the subject, verb, object, indirect object, expressions of time and place, interrogative pronouns, adverbs, and negatives. (2) Key rules include placing the object immediately after the verb, putting the indirect object before the direct object, and placing expressions of time after expressions of place. (3) Adverbs of indefinite time generally go before the principal verb, except with the verb "to be" where they follow the verb. The adverb "only" qualifies the word that precedes it.

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The Simple Rule in Sentence Formation Is (SVO) : I Speak English I Can Speak English

(1) The document discusses rules for proper sentence formation and placement of words. It covers where to place the subject, verb, object, indirect object, expressions of time and place, interrogative pronouns, adverbs, and negatives. (2) Key rules include placing the object immediately after the verb, putting the indirect object before the direct object, and placing expressions of time after expressions of place. (3) Adverbs of indefinite time generally go before the principal verb, except with the verb "to be" where they follow the verb. The adverb "only" qualifies the word that precedes it.

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Module 1 - Misplaced Words

The simple rule in sentence formation is (SVO)

subject verb (s) object


I speak English
I can speak English

More such rules:

(1) The object is placed immediately after the verb.


Example:
subject verb object
She drove the car

(2) The indirect object usually comes before the direct object without
a preposition.
Example:
subject verb indirect direct object
object
 .
I gave him the money

(3) An expression of time comes after an expression of place.


Example:
subject verb expression expression of
of place time
We stayed there all day
She went to the beach yesterday

(4) In indirect questions the subject comes first and then the verb.
Example:
subject verb interrogative object
pronoun
I am asking what the time is
Teacher asked where she was

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(5) Adverbs of indefinite time, like ever, never, always, often, seldom,
soon, sometimes and the adverbs almost, scarcely, hardly, nearly, ever
are placed before the principal verb. However, with the verb to
be the adverb of indefinite time is placed after the verb. The
adverb only is placed before the word it qualifies.
Example:
subject adverb verb object
He never drinks milk

subject verb adverb

They are always late

subject verb indirect adverb


object qualifier
I saw him only once

(6) In compound verbs with two auxiliaries, not is placed after the
first one.
Example:
subject verb auxiliary adverb
He could not have been there

(7) In the negative infinitive, not comes before to.


Example:
subject verb object negative adverb
infinitive
verb
I told him not to go there

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