Word order in English statements - Sentence Structure

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Have you noticed that the English word order is different fro m the word order
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in your own language?
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If it is, then you must be careful not to fall in the
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translation trap, which is thinking in the structure of you r native language
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and translating word-for-word into English.
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This can make it difficult for others to understand you.
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Hello and welcome everyone this is Minoo at Anglo-Link.
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Every language has a special way of putting words together to create a sentence.
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In some languages the verb comes before the subject. But in an
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English statement the subject must come first. In many languages the adjective
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comes after the noun but in English it comes before. Learning the correct way to
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structure your sentence in English is a major step towards thinking in English
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and speaking more fluently and naturally. It will also make it easier for you to
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understand native speakers because you can predict what type of information to expect next.
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In this lesson we're going to review the most common word order in
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English statements. We'll end the lesson with an exercise so you can check your assimilation.
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By the end of the lesson you will have an important tool that
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will help you to write and speak English more naturally.
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At the end of the lesson I will also tell you about my
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to reach your goal to speak and write English fluently through a structured
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step-by-step methodology. But first let's have a look at word order!
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Well that's the end of this lesson
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on word order in statements. I hope you've enjoyed it. As I mentioned at the
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start I have created a self-study platform that can assist you to reach
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to find out more about this program. Thank you for watching this lesson
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and see you again very soon. Bye now!
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