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 ==Syntax==
 ===Word order===
-For the most part, Aeranir independent clauses are verb initial, meaning that the verb comes first and is followed by nominal arguments, although the order of these are flexible, and can theoretically appear in any order, although order may be used pragmatically to invoke emphasis or topic (see below).  However, dependant clauses, including nonfinite clauses, are always verb-final.
+Aeranir is generally verb-initial in independent clauses, and verb-final in dependant clauses, including non-finite clauses using the infinitive, participle, gerund, etc..  These rules may be violated in poetry, however it is much more common to violate the former than the later.
 {{interlinear | box=yes | style2 = color:DarkMagenta; | top='''''qurra rāscānus salvan'''''
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 | tell-PFV.3SG.C Ilius-DAT.SG Rascanus-NOM.SG book-ACC.SG read-INF
 |'Rascanus told Ilius that he was reading a book'}}
+Nominal clitics attach to the end of verbs in independent clauses, and the beginning of verbs in dependant clauses.
+{{interlinear | box=yes | style2 = color:DarkMagenta; | top='''''tetuene tīn'''''
+| tet-ue<nowiki>=</nowiki>ne tīn-Ø
+| drink-PFV.3SG.E<nowiki>=</nowiki>2SG tea-ACC.SG
+|'You drank the tea'}}
+{{interlinear | box=yes | style2 = color:DarkMagenta; | top='''''tīn netessun'''''
+| tīn-Ø ne<nowiki>=</nowiki>te[t]-ss-un
+| tea-NOM.SG 2SG<nowiki>=</nowiki>drink-PFV.PTCP-E.NOM.SG
+|'The tea you drank'}}
+Word order is much more free for nouns and noun phrases.  Adjectives and genitives may either proceed or follow a noun, although they adjectives generally follow, whilst genitives generally proceed.  Prepositions always proceed their noun, whilst postpositions, which are far less common, always follow.
 ==Nouns==
 ===Gender===