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Main question There is a claim that I heard from a few persons (none of which were native speakers of English), which goes as follows: In English non-fictional writing, the most important aspe...
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2019-12-08T04:53:09Z (almost 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T04:53:09Z (almost 5 years ago)
### Main question There is a claim that I heard from a few persons (none of which were native speakers of English), which goes as follows: > In English non-fictional writing, the most important aspects of a sentence should preferably be placed in front. **Is this statement correct, and if yes, to what extent?** I prefer credible sources to back this up but this may be difficult in the case of refuting the statement, so if you have read bazillions of writing guides and never found something along the lines of this, that would be a helpful answer for me. ### Details on the claim - **Example 1:** Consider the following two sentences: - **Example 2:** Consider the following two sentences: - This is not about obtaining emphasis by deviating from the default grammatical word order ([inversion](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inversion_(linguistics))). - In case it matters, I am primarily concerned with academic writing.
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System
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2015-12-25T08:01:18Z (almost 9 years ago)
Original score: 6