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subject verb inversion [#permalink] New post   16 May 2008, 06:38
Guys i am not getting what is this subject verb inversion and how am i supposed to go about it and where are the chances of me going wrong....................plz can somebody spare some time to explain me this topic.

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Re: subject verb inversion [#permalink] New post   16 May 2008, 09:58
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Guys i am not getting what is this subject verb inversion and how am i supposed to go about it and where are the chances of me going wrong....................plz can somebody spare some time to explain me this topic.

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It is not that difficult. You yourself has used one such example (where are the chances ), here verb (are) is coming before subject (the chances). This is known as subject verb inversion.

Normally sentences are made by subject following the verb however when this order is reversed you have subject verb inversion.

Best examples of such sentences are "There are" and "There is". Whenever you encounter these two types of constructions be sure there is a subject verb inversion.
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Re: subject verb inversion [#permalink] New post   16 May 2008, 10:05
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It is not that difficult. You yourself has used one such example (where are the chances ), here verb (are) is coming before subject (the chances). This is known as subject verb inversion.

Normally sentences are made by subject following the verb however when this order is reversed you have subject verb inversion.

Best examples of such sentences are "There are" and "There is". Whenever you encounter these two types of constructions be sure there is a subject verb inversion.

+1 to Abhijit. Also, could you please tell me which one is more preferred and why?
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Re: subject verb inversion [#permalink] New post   16 May 2008, 10:19
There is hard and fast rule about subject verb inversion. You should look in the part of sentence which is not underlined. If there is subject present in not-underlined part and underlined part which is coming first then you have to make verb agree with the subject. The reverse case is also possible I mean if verb has appeared in sentence which is not underlined then you need to follow it by proper subject.

Go to this URL and there are plenty of examples for subject verb cases. Quite a few also use inverted sequence.
https://gmatsentencecorrection.blogspot ... 0agreement



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