I would say that English has broadened the V2 transformation into a fully SVO language. While German is still SOV with an exception for V2. My reasoning being t

I would say that English has broadened the V2 transformation into a fully SVO language. While German is still SOV with an exception for V2. My reasoning being that this interpretation results in a smaller rule set than calling it V2 with exceptions for SOV. (But it's not like I would take a hard line on it has to be interpreted as SOV.)