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steven (Offline)
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10-15-2010, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by KyleGoetz View Post
Well, technically it would be "Him love I" because "him"is a direct object, while "he" is a subject.
I think it creates the "Yoda" effect while speaking, if you know what I mean. It's interesting because that kind of speech sounds archaic in a sense. I wonder if the word order of English wasn't different at some point. I have no idea about the history behind that but it sounds like an interesting thing to look into.
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