And lo On Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:21:01 -0000, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> did  
spake thusly:

>   I noticed something funny about the English language (might be similar
> with many other languages as well):
>
>   Most sentences of the form "A when B" can be changed to "when B, A" and
> it will still be a valid sentece and the meaning won't change. For  
> example:
>
>   "Tom panicked when he heard the news."
>   "When he heard the news, Tom panicked."

Yes a subordinate clause can be used either before or after a main clause,  
you just separate them with a comma if you start with the subordinate  
clause.

-- 
Phil Cook

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