Non-inverted Questions
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| - | + | English has SVO word order, meaning in syntax the subject precedes the verb which precedes the object. The exception to this is questions, which have a VSO word order, inverting the subject and the verb. For example, the statement ('''''I am''' here.'') has the subject first, while I statement has the subject while the question (''Where '''am I'''?'') has the verb first. In the [[Homestar Runner universe]], however, the characters occasionally fail to invert the subject and the verb, creating a '''non-inverted question'''. | |
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Revision as of 18:11, 27 December 2015
English has SVO word order, meaning in syntax the subject precedes the verb which precedes the object. The exception to this is questions, which have a VSO word order, inverting the subject and the verb. For example, the statement (I am here.) has the subject first, while I statement has the subject while the question (Where am I?) has the verb first. In the Homestar Runner universe, however, the characters occasionally fail to invert the subject and the verb, creating a non-inverted question.
Appearances
- Where My Hat Is At? — Homestar repeatedly asks the title question.
- Where's The Cheat? — Bubs asks "Where The Cheat is at?"
- Marzipan's Answering Machine Version 10.2 — Homestar asks Strong Bad "Okay, what I'm supposed to do now?"
- Email dangeresque 3 — Strong Bad as Dangeresque asks "Who this is?"
- Halloween Potion-ma-jig — Homestar exclaims "What I'm supposed to do with that mess?"
- Email alternate universe — Vector Strong Bad asks "WHAT IT IS MY DOGE?"
- Email keep cool — Strong Bad asks "How hot it is right now?"
- Georgia Tech talk — Matt says "Why he has a toilet brush in some cartoon?"
- Coach Z's 110% — A reporter asks Homestar "How you did [th]at?"
- Where My Hat Is At? (toon) — Along with the original book, Homestar repeatedly asks the title question.
- I Killed Pom Pom — Homestar asks, "Who I'm supposed to pin this murder on?"
