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Linguistic typology - Subject-Verb-Object positioning.
One set of types is determined by the basic order of subject, verb, and object in sentences:
Subject Verb Object
Subject Object Verb
Verb Subject Object
Verb Object Subject
Object Subject Verb
Object Verb Subject
These are usually abbreviated SVO and so forth, and may be cal ...
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