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For question about word order with the verb second rule.

In V2 languages the word order is relatively free, but there is always the verb at the second position. In a V2 language, the word orders SOV, OVS, and XVSO can coexist with each other.

An example for a V2 language is Dutch.

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Pro-drop and V2

I have a question about languages that say "this thing must be the second element in the sentence. For example, German says that in a statement, the finite verb must be the second thing. If you front an adverb, then the subject gets put third. Like…
Omar and Lorraine
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