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| | Linguistics Principles: Language Parts (Syntax) |
 | | There are six types of language syntax: subject-verb-object, subject-object-verb, object-subject-verb, object-verb-subject, verb-subject-object, and verb-object-subject (abbreviated SVO, SOV, OSV, OVS, VSO, and VOS), with the most frequent being SVO, VSO, and SOV. |
 | | If an object is not present, by our innate knowledge of the language we know that the object of the sentence is the same as the subject of the sentence. |
 | | In VO languages (SVO, VSO, or VOS), auxiliary verbs ("to be," etc.) tend to precede the verb, adverbs tend to follow the verb, and prepositions tend to precede the noun. |
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