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Postponement Postponement of key words Because of the principles between End Focus and End Weight, the end position in a sentence is normally reserved for highlighting key words. Hence, postponement becomes a grammatical device for achieving emphasis. E.g. he gave me a book. He gave a book to me. In the first sentence, prominence is given to “a book”, and it is used in answer to “what did he give you?” .While in the second prominence is “me”. and the second in answer to “Who did he give a book to?” Thus, whether the indirect object precedes the direct object or in versa depend