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- ↑ the STOMPI rule
- ↑ "Dutch Grammar • Manner: how?". www.dutchgrammar.com. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
- ↑ "Word order: time, manner and place". Zichtbaar Nederlands. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
- ↑ Hyde Flippo. "How to Put German Sentences in the Right Order". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 2021-10-03.