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It was raining today, and the sky was gloomy. Yikes, my stomach ached so badly this morning that I winced for hours. Miraculously, the pain subsided after lunch. So I had no excuse to skip the gym. Dad and I exercised on treadmills for an hour. Later, we studied an informative article about water vapor and snowflakes. I stumbled over one sentence: “Scattered throughout are the other cloud droplets that…”Every time I encounter these inverted structures, I get stuck. Can’t they just start a sentence with a subject, then a verb, then an object? Why complicate things?
Jun 2, 2025 12:08 PM
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It was raining today, and the sky was gloomy. Yikes, my stomach ached so badly
this morning that I winced for hours. Miraculously, the pain subsided after
lunch. So I had no excuse to skip the gym. Dad and I exercised on treadmills for
an hour. Later, we studied an informative article about water vapor and
snowflakes. I stumbled over one sentence: “Scattered throughout are the other
cloud droplets that…”Every time I encounter these inverted structures, I get
stuck. Can’t they just start a sentence with a subject, then a verb, then an
object? Why complicate things?
They just do it to annoy you!
Jun 3, 2025 9:38 AM
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It was raining today, and the sky was gloomy. Yikes, my stomach ached so badly
this morning that I winced for hours. Miraculously, the pain subsided after
lunch. So, I had no excuse to skip the gym. Dad and I exercised on treadmills for
an hour. Later, we studied an informative article about water vapour and
snowflakes. I stumbled upon one sentence: “Scattered throughout are the other
cloud droplets that…". Every time I encounter these inverted structures, I get
stuck. Can’t they just start a sentence with a subject, then a verb, then an
object? Why complicate things?
Stumble over literally means you tripped.
Stumble upon means to discover something unexpectedly or by chance .
The purpose of inverted structures is to give emphasis to the thing at the start of the sentence
Jun 2, 2025 7:56 PM
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Chinese (Mandarin), English, Japanese
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English
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