Unit 14 Language and psychology

Grammar: Inversion
Inversion: takes place when we want to give additional emphasis
to a particular part of a sentence. So, we can change the usual
order of subject + verb + object.

So and Such
- So + adjective + be + subject + that clause.
So bizarre was his behavior that his wife called the door.
Inversion in the main verbs.

- Such + be + noun/noun phrase + that clause.

Such was the complexity of the problem that even the experts
were baffled.

As comparative constructions
We were furious about the noise, as were our neighbors.
I went into therapy, as did my husband.

Subject verb inversion occurs:

1. Prepositional phrases of place (on one side) are put at the start of
a sentence or clause. ONLY with INTRANSITIVE VERBS: be,
stand, sit, hang, lie, etc.
2. Adverbs or prepositional phrases of movement (round the corner,
in, out, up) are put at THE START of a sentence or a clause. It is
possible only with INTRANSITIVE verbs: go, come, run, appear,
jump, and march.
3. Time adverbs (first, next, again, then) are put at the start of a
sentence or clause. Appears with VERY LIMITED number of
verbs, mainly BE and COME.
4. Conversational English, after HERE and THERE. Mainly with
verbs such as BE, COME and GO.
5. With the use of NEGATIVE or RESTRICTIVE adverbs or phrases
(never, rarely, seldom, not only, nowhere, in no way, on no
account, under no circumstances, not for one minute) are put at
the START of a sentence or clause. INTRANSITIVE and
TRANSITIVE may be inverted.
In no way did the report blame her for the accident.
Not only does he have impeccable manners, hes also exceeding
generous.