Consider the English sentence "I ate an apple in the train.". This can be
translated to

> わたしは でんしゃで りんごを たべました。

It is possible to re-order the location and objects in this sentence. For
instance, one might also say

> わたしは りんごを でんしゃで たべました。

Pre-question: Is this a usual sentence structure? Is this sentence

  * good,
  * uncommon, but understandable or
  * grammatically wrong?

(If this changes emphasis is not part of this question.)

My understanding is that this can be a valid sentence, but may sound odd for
native speakers.

* * *

Can the topic also be re-ordered like this? For example, consider this
sentence:

> りんごを わたしは でんしゃで たべました。

Is this sentence

  * good,
  * uncommon, but understandable or
  * grammatically wrong?
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syntax particle-は word-order
Can the topic は be ordered after other words or phrases?