This flashcard illustrates a stylistic variation in word order where the object ('Her new haircut') is placed at the beginning of the sentence for emphasis.
This flashcard demonstrates that the object of a sentence can be moved to the beginning for emphasis, showing the correct word order by placing the object ('Her new haircut') before the subject and verb.
| Task | Choose the sentence with the right word order |
|---|---|
| Answer | 4 |
| a | I didn't like new haircut her. |
| b | Her new haircut like I didn't. |
| c | I didn't her new haircut like. |
| d | Her new haircut I didn't like. |
| comment | We can move the object to the beginning of the sentence in order to place emphasis on the certain point or idea. Here it was important for the speaker to express his reaction to the haircut, not something else. |
| topic | word order |
| level | 2 |
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