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- "듀오링고는 가끔 이상해요."
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Duolingo has become self-aware. This truly is a frightening turn of events.
It is totally correct word order to also say duolingo sometimes is strange. just like you can say Sometimes duolingo is strange, etc. The adverb does not have to be right next to or before verb it is modifying. Who is doing the English language checks for acceptable word order?
my answer should have been allowed as "sometimes" can be in either location.
I laughed so hard at how honest this was and now my parents are worried for my mental health XD
Why isn't "Duolingo sometimes is strange" accepted? It means the same thing!
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This may need to be verified by someone who knows more than me, but I don't think that is actually correct in English.
I think it's correct - it just gives more emphasis on the 'sometimes' than the 'is'. That being said it probably is a little clumsy in style
Agreed. Its very clumsy/awkward. There have been so many modifications made to the English language for comfort/ease of speaking.
While others up there argued that "Duolingo sometimes is strange", I support your idea. In that sentence that you've proposed, the emphasize is in the "is" and "strange". So this can't really be classified as incorrect. English is a very flexible language, many uncommon grammars have been accepted from time to time.
While we all agree in content that indeed Duolingo sometimes is strange...there is also nothing grammatically or syntactically wrong with this statement...nor is it that awkward. In fact, some literary giants would have phrased it that way for certain emphasis. "Indeed, Duolingo sometimes in strange...very strange."
