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Preposition in the sentence: I like sitting in/on my balcony in the summer. | greeting someone
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inversion of adverbs #1 (permalink) Tue Jan 20, 2009 16:41 pm   inversion of adverbs
 

Hello,

What’s the difference between the following sentences?

-The bus went away
-Away went the bus

-get in (imperative form)
-In you get

And also, which of the sentences are O.K?

1- A-our train goes there.
B-there goes our train.

2- A -your bus comes here.
B-here comes your bus.
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inversion of adverbs #2 (permalink) Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:56 am   inversion of adverbs
 

Our train goes there = That is where our train goes
There goes our train = We've missed our train = There goes our train -- without us!

Your bus comes here = Your bus comes to this place (usually implying that the bus comes to -- stops at -- this place regularly)
Here comes your bus = Your bus will be here very soon... in fact, I can see it. Here comes your bus!

In your first two comparisons, technically they mean (more or less) the same thing... but in both cases the second form is the more "artful" form, the slightly less forceful form, the form that Yoda would use. And "in you get" is something a grandpa might say to his grandchildren... in a half-playful manner.

"Grandpa, Grandpa, can't we stay outside a little longer?!"

"In you get, little varmints! It's cold enought to freeze your nostrils shut, and besides, your grandma just set three big bowls of chili on the table... one's for me, but I wouldn't mind eating the other two as well!"
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