Look at this exercise please.
I think it is very ridiculous grammar rule.
For ex.: look at the 2. it is said that we can rewrite it as :"out jumped Daniel"
Or look at the 7. or 8. - "away swam the fish" But i think it is a phrasal verb (swim away). We cannot inverse it.
How do you think?

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Shusha_and_Khankendi

3 Dec 2020

Azerbaijani Near fluent
Russian Near fluent

Shusha_and_Khankendi

3 Dec 2020

Azerbaijani Near fluent
Russian Near fluent

This is that grammar rule

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fox_w_mulder

3 Dec 2020

English (US)

This is used, just in specific circumstances. This kind of phrasing specifically reminds me of how a lot of children's stories are written or how we tell stories like folk tales. (I work with young children, so it is something I hear a lot.) It gives a different emphasis than the "standard" phrasing that lends itself to writing specifically.

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Shusha_and_Khankendi

3 Dec 2020

Azerbaijani Near fluent
Russian Near fluent

@fox_w_mulder so where exactly can i use this pattern - writing, speech, formal or where? And why this doesnt mentioned in this grammar rule (in book)?

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fox_w_mulder

3 Dec 2020

English (US)

@englishazerbaijani I would only use this in formal writing. Like a report, a book that is going to be published, etc. not in emails or something like that. Anything that has some kind of narrative to it. Police reports are a good example because they are retelling a story of a crime. It works best for writing because it emphasizes where things happened. It's giving you the scene before the action takes place.

And the book does mention that it's for formal writing, just doesn't give too many specifics. "Formal descriptive writing and reports."

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