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The principal element in a Dutch sentence is the verb; in one sense, the entire sentence is built up around it. The reason why we can say this is that the position of the verb is rigidly determined, far more so than is true of any other parts of speech. The verb regularly occupies first, second or last place in its clause, the rules for its placement depending upon the type of clause (coördinate or subordinate) and upon the form of the verb (a conjugated or ‘finite’ form, infinitive, or participle).
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© 1958 Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Netherlands
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Shetter, W.Z. (1958). Word order: the place of the verb. In: Introduction to Dutch. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9222-4_22
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