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SVO Word Order (Subject-Verb-Object)
SVO is one of the six basic types of word order found in human languages. In most sentences, a speaker of an SVO language
will put the subject first, the verb second, and the object last. English is an SVO language.
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SVO is a very common word order worldwide. Here is a partial list of Native American languages using SVO word order:
Further Reading
Wikipedia: Subject-verb-object
Word Order Typology
Basic Language Structures

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