быbefore or after verb

Paul B. Gallagher paulbg at PBG-TRANSLATIONS.COM
Wed Sep 15 16:01:34 UTC 2010


Brewer, Michael wrote:

> If you put the subject after the verb or remove it entirely (so it is
> just assumed), бы would have to come after the verb though, right?

There does seem to be prohibition on «бы» in initial position: «Хотелось 
бы...», not *«Бы хотелось...».

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