In the sentence Lying on my desk is the budget for the marketing department, the sentence pattern is ____.
A)subject⎯verb
B)subject⎯action verb⎯object
C)subject⎯linking verb⎯complement
D)inverted order

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The sentence uses an inverted order where the subject ("the budget for the marketing department") follows the verb ("is lying"), rather than the more common subject-verb-object structure.

In the Sentence Lying on My Desk Is the Budget