SVO-p
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In linguistic typology, SVO-p - Subject, Verb, Object, present tense is a sentence structure where the agent comes first, the verb second, and the object third and staying in the present.
SVO-p is a syntax: S-ubject, V-erb, O-bject, -p-resent tense. Putting your thoughts in SVO-p helps straighten out your thinking.[citation needed] The form requires definition of who is acting, what they are doing and to whom. It requires placing the thought in the now.
[edit] Examples
Non SVO-p
"The people who write articles for wikipedia 'are to be congratulated'"
Puts the congratulations out in the non-existing future and also hides the identity of the congratulator.
SVO-p
"I congratulate the writers who write articles for wikipedia"
Identifies the user and places the action in the now.
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Non SVO-p
"I've yet to meet anyone who has given me a straight answer."
SVO-p
"People don't give me straight answers."
