I have read the following sentence:
Perché è dovuto succedere questo?
Would "Perché questo è dovuto succedere?" be also correct? What is the difference in meaning between the two sentences? Emotional involvement?
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1Consider also “Perché è dovuto succedere?”, I'd say the most natural phrasing.– DaGJan 13, 2020 at 11:13
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2It's a question of emphasis. The verb is intransitive and the subject is frequently postponed.– egreg ♦Jan 13, 2020 at 15:39
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As a native speaker, I feel that in the first version:
Perché è dovuto succedere questo?
The stress is on asking why that happened in the first place. The thing was not meant to happened at all.
While in:
Perché questo è dovuto succedere?
Is more on what happened. Maybe something different could have happened instead bringing less pain.
That said, I feel is a very slight nuance.
