Sandy Lu
bring its wake
「The spread of multinational products can often bring in its wake a loss of jobs, as people turn to buying the new brand. 」
Can I change the order of words in the phrase 【bring its wake a loss of jobs】 to 【 bring a loss of jobs in its wake】?
2020년 2월 14일 오전 8:37
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I checked https://www.english-corpora.org/coca/
Yes, you can. But 'bring in its wake' is a set expression. So your version is rarer.
2020년 2월 14일
Yes, you can reverse the phrase. You can usually put phrases in a sentence in different orders without changing the overall meaning.
Both of these sentences are correct as the general meaning of the sentence remains same.
2020년 2월 14일
The second phrase sounds more natural, where 'in its wake' comes at the end of the clause.
2020년 2월 14일
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