Timeline for Should all adjectives be placed at the end of the sentence?
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| Jun 17, 2020 at 8:52 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Aug 29, 2016 at 11:54 | comment | added | Jan | @deponensvogel It’s supposed to read ‘are to be joined by a comma.’ Does it make sense now? | |
| Aug 28, 2016 at 19:24 | comment | added | deponensvogel | What do you mean with ›are joined by a comma‹? But yes, German syntax can get you quite depressed. | |
| Aug 28, 2016 at 11:57 | comment | added | Jan | @deponensvogel That’s a very unclear case anyway. With sein and a past participle, arguments can be made that we are only dealing with a predicative adjective. However, that can be adjusted for by saying: ‘Die Schule wurde geschlossen wegen der Baustelle.’ Some may argue that we are dealing with two phrases that are joined by a comma. I really don’t know what I would say on that subject without elaborate thinking … | |
| Aug 27, 2016 at 20:11 | vote | accept | Kasia Dziobek | ||
| Aug 27, 2016 at 14:14 | comment | added | deponensvogel | You can turn the predicative stuff always around as it's a reflection of the subject –– that's clear. But with your first sentence it could also be the prepositional phrase that's wandering: Er ist gegangen wegen der Baustelle. | |
| Aug 26, 2016 at 22:42 | history | answered | Jan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |