Hello everyone,
He always dreamt of using as a password the name of his cat.
Is this word order acceptable or should it only be “… of using the name of his cat as a password”?
Thank you.
I would not recommend your suggestion.
Thank you, Beeesneees.
But I find your suggestion more grammatical and acceptable.
I guess that must be the result of Indian English then, as ‘of using the name of his cat as a password’ is far more acceptabl;e to native English speakers.
That’s the legacy inherited from the British, if you say so.
What I meant is this:
This is the suggestion/question the poster poses. I agree to it, for it is more grammatical, acceptable and natural (placing the direct object first). You perhaps took the other part of the question. Anyway, I did not question your statement, though you err often, but not here.
I err sometimes. You may consider it to be ‘often’ but that is because you will not accept the truth.
You certainly did err in your interpretation on this occasion.
The suggestion made by the OP was “… of using as a password the name of his cat”. He wondered if this were possible instead of the accepted form “… of using the name of his cat as a password”.
It seems that you did not mean what you said.