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Sorry, but these are not actually examples of VSO word order. "Is," "was," and "wander" are the verbs in your example sentences. "Where," "when," and "whither"
by kyllo 14y ago
Sorry, but these are not actually examples of VSO word order. "Is," "was," and "wander" are the verbs in your example sentences.
"Where," "when," and "whither" are interrogative pronouns. They are the objects of the "to be" verbs. These sentences are actually OVS.
- a_p 14y agoThanks for catching my mistake. My mistake is especially embarrassing because term "inverted order" refers to sentences that have the verb second and the object.