Fronting and topicalisation
Fronting and topicalisation
What I need is a holiday. This I know for sure. In the corner stood an old man. Gone are the days… — moving elements to the front of a sentence.
pseudo-clefts and object fronting
What I need is a holiday. (focus on “a holiday”)
What happened was that he missed the train.
This I know for sure. (object fronted for emphasis)
That, I can’t believe.
👉 Also: The one thing I want is…, The reason I left was…, What really annoys me is…
locative inversion and participle fronting
In the corner stood an old man. (place phrase first → verb before subject)
On the desk lay a letter.
Gone are the days when we wrote letters.
Standing at the door was a tall stranger.
👉 Common in literary/descriptive writing.
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