[Ads-l] Heard: “Everybody knew…”

[Barretts Mail]

I’ve noticed this change in order, too. Not predominantly but commonly. BB

> On 13 Sep 2017, at 13:16, Wilson Gray <hwgray at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> ”… what was an ad.”
> 
> 
> It’s been so long since I’ve heard or read embedded questions with the
> word-order,
> 
> “Everybody knew what an ad was”
> 
> that it must have quietly slipped into obsolescence without anyone noticing
> or caring. Well, since everybody knows that what is an ad, it doesn’t
> matter.
> 
> -- 
> -Wilson

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