How to Write Clearly: Rules and Exercises on English Composition. Abbott Edwin Abbott

e.g. "then (set forth) that which is worse," St. John ii. 10, is rare in modern English.

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Sometimes the emphatic Adverb comes at the beginning, and causes the transposition of an Auxiliary Verb, "Gladly do I consent."

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Of course punctuation will remove the ambiguity; but it is better to express oneself clearly, as far as possible, independently of punctuation.

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