I read a sentence like "... Says the editor" and think it mean "Said by the editor". Is that grammatical correct? If not what is a better way to say it?

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askingsaint

1 Oct 2022

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We often use the present tense when either telling a story or when talking about something that is still true/relevant, even if it happened in the past. "says the editor" and "said the editor" are essentially the same (although I'd need context to be more specific) and are both grammatically correct, yes.

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askingsaint

1 Oct 2022

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We often use the present tense when either telling a story or when talking about something that is still true/relevant, even if it happened in the past. "says the editor" and "said the editor" are essentially the same (although I'd need context to be more specific) and are both grammatically correct, yes.

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orange321

1 Oct 2022

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@askingsaint Thanks for your answer first. But it is still strange to me because a sentence should be formed as: Subject + Verb + Object. For e.g. Hi, Peter. Says the editor. It looks like that formed as Verb + Object?

askingsaint

2 Oct 2022

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@orange321 it's an inverted sentence. SVO is the typical sentence order but it doesn't always have to be like that. When you're quoting someone, it's very normal to put what they said first before the verb and the person who said it.

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I read a sentence like "... Says the editor" and think it mean "Said by the editor". Is that grammatical correct? If not what is a better way to say it?

I read a sentence like "... Says the editor" and think it mean "Said by the editor". Is that grammatical correct? If not what is a better way to say it? See a translation

@orange321 it's an inverted sentence. SVO is the typical sentence order but it doesn't always have to be like that. When you're quoting someone, it's very normal to put what they said first before the verb and the person who said it.

I read a sentence like "... Says the editor" and think it mean "Said by the editor". Is that grammatical correct? If not what is a better way to say it?