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*'''Subject''' is the doer of the effect (such as a person).  

*'''Subject''' is the doer of the effect (such as a person).  

*'''Verb''' is the effect being undertaken (the thing being done e.g. buying).  

*'''Verb''' is the effect being undertaken (the thing being done ''e.g.'' buying).  

*'''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.

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