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What does this hypothesis say to the German language kicking verbs to the end of the sentence?
Ive heard native Germans say they like and even prefer this feature to English’s handling, saying they feel like it allows them time when speaking to pick a good verb for the sentence.
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Can you elaborate for plebes like myself?
I mean, I can try to elaborate. I don't see why you referenced plebes. I wasn't trying to be elitist The advice assumes that people process information the same way that the author does. I'm sure a great many people do. But I'm also sure other people do not. After all, specialized and scientific writing did not evolve into a difficult to understand sentence structure for no reason. Consider the last point. The author…
Your explanation makes sense. I guess I can say with certainty that I often forget others don't process information the same way I do, so when I read the article, I found myself mostly agreeing with it. Other perspectives welcome, of course.
Interesting to note that this is a bit about how we communicate with each other and my previous comment gave you an impression I did not intent. For a long time, I had a running hypothesis that humans, generally speaking, are awful at communicating because they either focus on the wrong details or couch their information in too much noise. As it turns out, I have severe anxiety, which very much colors the way I interpret messaging as well as how I send it out, usually vacillating between being too blunt and too verbose with a sprinkle of too many asides. The differences in how we communicate is something I'd love to learn more about
This is the kind of sentence up with which the Plain English Campaign did not put.
I loved this sentence from the 2nd half of the article: This is the kind of sentence up with which the Plain English Campaign did not put.
https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/07/04/churchill-prepositi...
Am I missing something here or does the very first example break this article’s own point? “It was nice of John and Mary to come and visit us the other day,” is 8 words before the verb come. “For John and Mary to come and visit us the other day was nice,” is only five, focused solely on the subject with no additional information (how the author felt about their visit) Yet personally the second one reads easier for me…
"I enjoyed John and Mary's visit yesterday."
Am I missing something here or does the very first example break this article’s own point? “It was nice of John and Mary to come and visit us the other day,” is 8 words before the verb come. “For John and Mary to come and visit us the other day was nice,” is only five, focused solely on the subject with no additional information (how the author felt about their visit) Yet personally the second one reads easier for me…
the sentence should be completely rewritten: "I enjoyed John and Mary's visit yesterday."
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the sentence should be completely rewritten: "I enjoyed John and Mary's visit yesterday."
The tyranny of active voice.
I loved this sentence from the 2nd half of the article: This is the kind of sentence up with which the Plain English Campaign did not put.