When graphical user interfaces first emerged, it became clear that verb-object ordering created a problem .

在图形界面首次出现时，动词—对象次序带来的问题就清楚地显现出来了。

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You might object that ordering people around was inconsistent with his rule of humility, but before you had time to complain about that you would notice that Thompson, from page to page, contradicts himself on this and other matters.

NEWYORKER: Rich Man, Poor Man