My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?): Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English

J
AMES
J
OYCE
OVS or VSO?
We  thought  you’d  never  ask.  The  SVO  rule  can  be  broken  for  emphasis  or

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stylistic effect:
John I can talk
round
…but James would never let me get away with
such nonsense.
Chicken I can
live without
… though I am rather partial to duck.
It’s also broken  with questions, when  the verb commonly  precedes the subject:
Who was that lady I saw you with last night?
Direct and indirect objects
So  far,  so  easy.  In  some  sentences,  however,  there  is  more  than  one  object  –  a
direct one and an indirect one.
Take this sentence: My boss paid me a bonus .
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If you have being paying attention so far, you know that my boss is the subject of
the verb paid . But now you have to ask:
What did the boss
pay?
He paid a