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Sounds Good? Tastes Bad? (Check your English Intuition!)

kenjy

Which sentence sounds odd to you?

1.      John gave the book Mary.

2.      John gave Mary the book.

3.      John gave the book to her.

 

Answer 3.  Clue: Old Information precedes New Information.

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