What is an example of split order of a sentence?

Answer 1

1. "He cometh forth like a flower and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not."

2. "Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge."

3. "If it ain't broke don't fix it"

4. "White chickens lay white eggs, and brown chickens lay brown eggs; so if white cows give white milk, do brown cows give chocolate milk?"

5. "Ask not what your country do for you but what you can dog for your country"

Answer 2

It's a sentence that rearranges the natural order of a sentence, which is subject, verb, complement. For example, "the squirrel ran up the tree" is in natural order. "Up the tree the squirrel ran" is split order, placing the complement (a prepositional phrase) before the subject, but leaving the subject and verb in their natural order. This contrasts with the inverted order sentence, which is a complete reversal of natural order (Up the tree ran the squirrel).