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What is the difference between Tom invited his friends for dinner next Saturday.
and Tom invited for dinner his friends next Saturday. ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between Tom invited his friends for dinner next Saturday.
and Tom invited for dinner his friends next Saturday. ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
and Tom invited for dinner his friends next Saturday. ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
Does the second sentence make sense? Is it grammatically correct?
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The second sentence isn’t grammatically correct. If someone heard you say that it would sound like your are saying Tom invited for dinner his friends. Like he’s serving his friends nexts Saturday for dinner.

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