Basic English word order: The dog (S) chased (V) the cat (O)
Subject + Verb + Object
Subject + Auxiliary + not + Verb + Object
Auxiliary + Subject + Verb + Object?
💡 English is an SVO language. Subject comes before verb; object comes after.
✓The cat caught the mouse.
✗Caught the cat the mouse.
Subject must come before verb.
✓She gave him a present.
✗She gave a present him.
Indirect object (him) before direct object (present).
✓I always eat breakfast.
✗I eat always breakfast.
Frequency adverb before main verb.