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194  Pronouns precede the Verbs or Adjectives to which they belong. Adverbs (including non) and Oblique Cases precede the Verbs or Adjectives to which they belong. Prepositions always precede the Cases  In phrases consisting of a Noun with an Adjective and other Complements, the Adjective is generally put first, the Noun last, and the other Complements in between.

These rules are illustrated by the following sentence:—

§ 437. Notice that the order of words in a sentence is not affected if its form is changed through its becoming part of another sentence.

Hence we have Līvĭŭs. . . pĕrīcŭlum ĭliā suā ĭn rēbus dŭbĭīs audācĭā făcĭlĕ ēvāsissĕ dīcĭtūr (is said to have escaped); Livĭŭs. . . pĕrīcŭlum iliā sŭā in rēbus dŭbĭīs audāciā făcĭlĕ ēvādendō laudem mĕrŭĭt (won credit by escaping), etc.

§ 438. —Emphasis is often expressed by Order in Latin when in English we have to express it by laying stress on a word in pronouncing, or by underlining it in writing.

Emphasis is expressed:

(1) By placing a word in an unusual position, especially if that is also a prominent one. Thus the sentence Clōdĭŭs sĕnātum irrīdĕt may have any of its parts made emphatic as follows:

Sĕnātum Clŏdĭŭs irrīdĕt It is the Senate that Clodius is mocking.

Irrīdĕt Clōdĭŭs sĕnātum Clodius is mocking the Senate.

Sĕnatum irrīdet Clōdĭŭs The Senate is being mocked by Clodius.