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'''SVO''' refers to '''subject''', '''verb''', '''object'''. An English example of this is '''I buy the paper'''. In German this would be rendered '''Ich kaufe die Zeitung'''. | '''SVO''' refers to '''subject''', '''verb''', '''object'''. An English example of this is '''I buy the paper'''. In German this would be rendered '''Ich kaufe die Zeitung'''. | ||
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Grammar is part of linguistics and it is stuyding rules governing the use of language.
Sentence Structure
SVO refers to subject, verb, object. An English example of this is I buy the paper. In German this would be rendered Ich kaufe die Zeitung.
- Subject is the agent of the action (such as a person).
- Verb is the action being undertaken (the thing being done eg. buying).
- Object is the item, person or thing that has the action done to it (eg. the paper).