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[cubanlord]

I never said the sentence was wrong. The OP did. Where did you get that? lol There is nothing wrong with the sentence, but that isn't how one walks around everyday saying things. What is more common, "In my room is a desk" or "In my room there is a desk?" You tell me?

If you are teaching an ESL/EFL student, which one would you teach? Both? Which one would be easier to explain to someone not fluent in the language?

LOL. Cute comment on the Hubris part. And, you are up too early for this.

[Beej]

In my room is a desk. Now for a little background. I had an open class with parents and teachers this week. Went very well. Everyone applauded afterwards. I was teaching prepositions of position to second and third grade elementary kids. I wrote on the borad " In my room is a _____ and the kids had to fill in the answer. Exercise was successful.
After class one of the freshman korean English teachers asked me why I taught them this incorrect grammer point. She said she learned in University that sentences can not begin with prepositional phrases. I told her that her University was wrong and that while my sentence wasnt the most common way to express this idea, that it was gramatically acceptable. She didnt believe me and just said " I guess you were just teaching spoken English." I just gave up. Felt like telling her " Do I bother your classes when you sing pop songs every day?"
Just reason #123 why Koreans will never be fluent in English.

[The_Eyeball_Kid]

[cubanlord]

[The_Eyeball_Kid]