1. Fronting and word order Normal: –Two musicians sat on the bus this morning Fronting location: –On the bus sat two musicians this morning

2. Fronting and word order Normal: –Two musicians played jazz on the bus this morning Fronting location: –On the bus two musicians played jazz this morning No further change in word order because of the object music (the verb played is transitive)

3. Fronting and word order Normal: –Tina will never speak to him again –Tina will under no circumstances speak to him again Fronting negative expression: –Never will Tina speak to him again –Under no circumstances will Tina speak to him again

4. Fronting and word order Normal: –Tony never knew loneliness until his mother died Fronting negative expression: – Never did Tony know loneliness until his mother died Use helping verb do in present and past tense (word order is like in a question)

5. Fronting and word order Normal: –Two small children were found at the bottom of the well –A ray of light was seen at the end of the tunnel Fronting participles: –Found at the bottom of the well were two small children –Seen at the end of the tunnel was a ray of light

6. Fronting and word order Normal: –Tom Cruise was shopping at Southpark Mall –The bank robber was running from the police Fronting participles: –Shopping at Southpark Mall was Tom Cruise –Running from the police was the bank robber

7. Fronting and word order Normal: –Two small children were discovered at the bottom of the well Fronting of participle: –Discovered at the bottom of the well were two small children

8. Fronting and word order Normal: –The coffee was so hot that it burned her tongue –They served such hot coffee that it burned her tongue Fronting of so/such: –So hot was the coffee that she burned her tongue –Such hot coffee did they serve that it burned her tongue

9. Fronting and word order Normal: –After she came to New York, she learned English Fronting of only: –Only after she came to New York, did she learn English But: She learned English only after she came to New York

10. Fronting and word order Normal: –Only the members of the government knew the secret –Only his best friend was told about it This is not fronting; the subjects are members/friend and only modifies the subjects. Consequently, there are no changes in word order. The subject is first in the sentence where it normally goes.

11. Fronting and word order Normal: –Good friends are better than riches –The satisfaction was sweeter than the victory itself Fronting of comparatives: –Better than riches are good friends –Sweeter than the victory itself was the satisfaction