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[Crisi]

Dear teachers,

Is the following word order correct?

On the right-hand (side?) of the street were in a long row many plain and old-fashioned houses.

Thank you very much in advance.

[pugachevV]

You can say it like that because English is very flexible about word order. I think it would be written usually as:

On the right-hand side of the street , in a long row, were many plain, old-fashioned houses.

OR:
On the right hand side of the street was a long row of plain, old-fashioned houses.

[Crisi]

Thanks a million.