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* I finished reading The Shores of Another Sea yesterday.
* I didn't get anything done today. I was going to see my psychiatrist and pay my storage bill, but my case manager found an apartment to look at, so I took a shower and waited for him ... it turned out we never got to look.

VOS: Focus Fronting

Last Edited: 2006.Jul.14 Fri

Focus Fronting

A focused argument moves to the start of the clause. Focused arguments include query (WH-question) words and contrasting phrases. The rest of the clause is asserted. There are a couple of interesting things here:
(1) the verb is preceded by the same word used as a definite article,
(2) the verb acts like a noun or adject with regard to actant morphology.

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