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What is the correct word order?

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¿Cerró la puerta Juan ayer? o ¿Cerró Juan la puerta ayer? Did John close the door yesterday?

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updated Jun 19, 2013
edited by theMax
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Spanish word order is ofte much more flexible than English but In Spanish questions, the subject almost always comes after the verb, so the second version is good.

updated Jun 19, 2013
posted by Kiwi-Girl
ups ofteN ;) - Kiwi-Girl, Jun 19, 2013
Yes, I agree Kiwi It sounds better to me, I made my decision independently before reading your post :) - FELIZ77, Jun 19, 2013
:) - Kiwi-Girl, Jun 19, 2013