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====Broad Cualand syntax====
====Broad Cualand syntax====
Predicative syntax with pronouns is the reverse of Standard English; e.g. "An engineer am I" instead of "I am an engineer"
Predicative syntax with pronouns is the reverse of Standard English; e.g. "I, an engineer am I" instead of "I am an engineer"


Sometimes predicate first syntax is used e.g. "They sleep furiously, these colorless green ideas" (Eevo "a" is translated with a demonstrative)
Sometimes topic-first syntax is used e.g. "These colorless green ideas, they sleep furiously" (Eevo "a" is translated with a demonstrative)


There should be a celebrity in Cualand who is famous for overusing Eevo syntax (so much so that it becomes a meme)
There should be a celebrity in Cualand who is famous for overusing Eevo syntax (so much so that it becomes a meme)
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