Can the object of a transitive verb come before?

For example: She knocked on the farmhouse door.

1 Answer
Jul 9, 2016

While it is very uncommon, there are a few examples when the object can come before the verb.

Explanation:

As noted above, the object of a transitive verb almost always comes after the verb; but here are a few couple counter examples:

(color(blue)("transitive verb") in blue; color(red)("object") in red).

"color(red)("Hello")", he color(blue)("said").

color(red)("The pigs"), I color(blue)("put") in their pen; color(red)("the horse"), I color(blue)("loosed") to the meadow; and, color(red)("the children"), I color(blue)("tucked") into bed.