bring its wake
「The spread of multinational products can often bring in its wake a loss of jobs, as people turn to buying the new brand. 」

Can I change the order of words in the phrase 【bring its wake a loss of jobs】 to 【 bring a loss of jobs in its wake】?

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bring its wake
「The spread of multinational products can often bring in its wake a loss of jobs, as people turn to buying the new brand. 」

Can I change the order of words in the phrase 【bring its wake a loss of jobs】 to 【 bring a loss of jobs in its wake】?

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I checked https://www.english-corpora.org/coca/

Yes, you can. But 'bring in its wake' is a set expression. So your version is rarer.

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Yes, you can reverse the phrase. You can usually put phrases in a sentence in different orders without changing the overall meaning.

Both of these sentences are correct as the general meaning of the sentence remains same.

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The second phrase sounds more natural, where 'in its wake' comes at the end of the clause.

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