The order of the words in a Japanese sentence
1)　あべさんは　友達と　美術館に　いきました。
2)　あべさんは　美術館に　友達と　いきました。
Is there a real difference between these two sentences? In the book the first sentence is given as correct. I know that the subject stands for the first place in a sentence and a verb in the end. But what about the middle?

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I think the book shows the standard word order of Japanese. Actually both are used.

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It is the same meaning. The word order is only different.