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:

(transitive verb in blue; object in red).

"Hello", he said.

The pigs, I put in their pen; the horse, I loosed to the meadow; and, the children, I tucked into bed.