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Re:How to Write in Plain English by StavrosK on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @03:32PM (#24275105)
So, "the President gives his promise about improving unemploymemt rates up"?

This is no different in English: "He told the upstanding, proper young woman off".

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Re:How to Write in Plain English by ThePadawan on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @01:40AM (#24279486)
A cursory search [0] suggests that English allows not having such a wide gap between verb parts if it sounds odd, i.e.

"He told off the ... woman."

German doesn't (directly) give you that chance.

[0] https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/77472/is-there-a...

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Re:How to Write in Plain English by StavrosK on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @04:06AM (#24280257)
Yes, I'm saying it also allows leaving the gap.
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