| − | *'''Object''' is the item, person or thing that has the effect placed on it (e.g. the paper). | + | *'''Object''' is the item, person or thing that has the effect placed on it (''e.g.'' the paper). |
| − | '''SVO''' refers to '''subject''', '''verb''', '''object'''. An [[English]] example of this is '''I (s) buy (v) the book (obj)'''. In [[German]] this would be rendered '''Ich (s) kaufe(v) das Buch(o)'''. | + | '''SVO''' refers to '''subject''', '''verb''', '''object'''. An [[English]] example of this is '''I (s) buy (v) the book (obj)'''. In [[German]] this would be rendered '''Ich (s) kaufe (v) das Buch (o)'''. |
| − | Besides SVO, the two most common are SOV (subject, object, verb), as used in [[Japanese language|Japanese]] (hon(s) wo katta (v)), and VSO (verb, subject, object), as used in Biblical [[Hebrew]]. Some languages have free word order because the subject and the object have different [[grammatical case|case]] endings. | + | Besides SVO, the two most common are SOV (subject, object, verb), as used in [[Japanese language|Japanese]] (hon (s) wo katta (v)), and VSO (verb, subject, object), as used in Biblical [[Hebrew]]. Some languages have free word order because the subject and the object have different [[grammatical case|case]] endings. |