Who Is Doing What To Whom

You know what you mean, but does anyone else?

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English is a non-inflected language, which means we rely on word-order and clarity of exposition in order to make our thoughts clear to others. In an inflected language such as Russian, word-order doesn’t matter as much because word-endings tell us precisely who is doing what to whom. In English, word-order and clarity are essential for comprehension. This seems obvious…