Sentence examples for wrote he from inspiring English sources

"wrote he" is not correct in standard written English
The correct form is "he wrote." The subject (he) comes before the verb (wrote) in a declarative sentence. Example: He wrote a thank-you note to his grandmother. "Wrote he" could potentially be used in formal or poetic writing for emphasis or stylistic purposes, but it would still be considered non-standard grammar. It would also be more commonly heard in spoken English, particularly in certain dialects.

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Still, Mr. Taper wrote, "he guarded well his mystery".

"And to the consternation of all," Seaver wrote, "he won".

"The fact is," he wrote, "he is too ardent, too intense, too uncompromising in his ambitions".

Faulkner appreciated this: "No man is himself," he wrote, "he is the sum of his past".

"I thought," Buckley wrote, "he was a serious person".

Walcott of the 21st wrote, "he always stood with his men in battle".

He wrote, he drank, he wrote, he begged, he wrote, he starved.

"I wrote and wrote," he said.

He wrote: "He oozes authenticity..

The doctor also wrote: "He is irritable with appropriate affect".

"That's not what I wrote," he groused to Mr. Libin.

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