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    Adverbials/sentence

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    Adverbials/sentence
    Message from a_limon posted on 12-07-2012 at 18:48:47 (D | E | F)
    Hello!

    I have one more question for today.
    Would you be so kind to enlighten me on what adverbials must follow be first and second in the English sentence?
    Is there any rule for that?
    For example.
    The flowers were in the vase on the table in the room. OR The flowers were in the room on the table in the vase
    Or maybe, somehow else?
    Thank you in advance.

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    Edited by lucile83 on 12-07-2012 19:02


    Re: Adverbials/sentence from gerondif, posted on 12-07-2012 at 19:05:32 (D | E)
    Hello,

    The flowers were in the vase, on the table, in the room. seems fine, you go from the more precise to the more general. there is no rule, it all depends on what you want to say.




    Re: Adverbials/sentence from a_limon, posted on 12-07-2012 at 19:10:31 (D | E)
    Thank you for corrections and the answer.



    Re: Adverbials/sentence from a_limon, posted on 12-07-2012 at 23:50:52 (D | E)
    Hello,
    Gerondif I want to say only about the flowers that are in the vase. But the vase is on the table,that is in the room.
    Not about the flowers, that are round about in the room, on the table and in the vase on the floor. I think there is no comma in the sentence.



    Re: Adverbials/sentence from traviskidd, posted on 13-07-2012 at 07:07:28 (D | E)
    Hello.

    The flowers are in the vase.
    The vase is on the table.
    The table is in the room.

    So, the flowers are in the vase (that is) on the table (that is) in the room.

    See you.




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