Can I bring (in English) the subject after its verb?

Question

E.G: "The point is: different are the adults, not the children..." [I've not read this, I just made it up now].

Another exemple: "My best friend he is" [instead of "he is my..."].

Can we do that? Bring me some other exemples, please, in the case of it being possible. Ok? Thanks in antecipation.


Ie - B r a z i l

Answer 1

Um...not unless you want to sound like Yoda.
Subject after the verb is what you asked. Verb+Subject is quite common in some kinds of questions:
Is he my best friend?
Are the adults different?

I think what you are really asking is can you put the predicate before subject. Yes, but it often sounds overly dramatic or archaic, and it is limited in constuction. Here are some examples:
"red is the color of her hair"
"Standing against the wall was my old friend Joe"
"Against the wall stood my old friend Joe"

Answer 2

The answer is both Yes you can and No you may not.

Have you noticed how many exceptions to each grammar rule there are in the English language? This is one of many.

It is best in almost every case to Never put the Subject after the Verb.


This will keep your writing more Active / easier to read / and Unless you are trying to write a Novel using particularly Bad english ( from say a minority who does not know english / some of the Less educated ) for Dialouge then avoid it.

Answer 3

English is what is known as a subject-verb-object language. That means a simple declarative sentence follows the pattern of subject, verb, and then object (e.g., The boy hit the ball). Other languages like like Japanese are subject-object-verb and would say (The boy [subject marker], the ball [object marker], hit).

People still would understand you if you spoke this way (i.e. putting the subject after the verb)... although I wouldn't recommend it because you'd sound like Yoda from Star Wars...

Answer 4

In English, we have phrases that are considered awkward. I cannot speak of the rules in other English speaking countries, only of the conventions in theUnited States.

In your first example, it is very odd and we would not use that phrasing. Your second example may not exactly break the rules, but it is not a convention we use here.

There are also problems that could arise between a direct object and the subject if you invert the word order.

I hope this helps.

Answer 5

The convention is to put the subject first.
The exception is when asking a question.
For example, you wouldn't ask
"I can bring the subject after its verb?"
because it sounds more like a statement than a question.

Answer 6

Neither one of these phrases are grammatically correct. You must say, "the adults are different, not the children " and "he is my best friend".

Answer 7

Its not grammatically incorrect, but in most cases its just awkward. Its usually only done for emphasis.

Answer 8

I'd have said no. But... sudeenly I thought of examples as "So do I".
:S
I don't know. I am not a native speaker.

Answer 9

this is a passive voice.. u usually want to use an active voice