Editing Danish language (section)

==== Main clauses ====
{{Harvtxt|Haberland|1994|p=336}} describes the basic order of sentence constituents in main clauses as comprising the following 8 positions:

{| style="text-align: center;"
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|{{lang|da|Og}}||{{lang|da|ham}}||{{lang|da|havde}}||{{lang|da|Per}}||{{lang|da|ikke}}||{{lang|da|skænket}}||{{lang|da|en tanke}}||{{lang|da|i årevis}}
|-
|And||him||had||Per||not||given||a thought||for years
|-
|0||1||2||3||4||5||6||7
|-
|colspan="8" | "And him Per hadn't given a thought in years"

|}

Position 0 is not part of the sentence and can only contain sentential connectors (such as conjunctions or interjections). Position 1 can contain any sentence constituent. Position 2 can only contain the finite verb. Position 3 is the subject position, unless the subject is fronted to occur in position 1. Position 4 can only contain light adverbs and the negation. Position 5 is for non-finite verbs, such as auxiliaries. Position 6 is the position of direct and indirect objects, and position 7 is for heavy adverbial constituents.{{sfn|Haberland|1994|p=336}}

Questions with [[Interrogative word|wh-words]] are formed differently from yes/no questions. In wh-questions the question word occupies the preverbal field, regardless of whether its grammatical role is subject or object or adverbial. In yes/no questions the preverbal field is empty, so that the sentence begins with the verb.

Wh-question:
*{{lang|da|hvem så hun?}}: whom saw she, "whom did she see?"
*{{lang|da|så hun ham?}}: saw she him?, "did she see him?"