IIT 14a Grammar: Inversion Inversion means puting the veib before the subject in © sentence. itis used after certain expressions which ore placed fist in the sentence in order to give eriphasis Pe ‘+ negative, resricive or emphatic expressions: Not only Lile, No sooner. than ete "No sooner had he go nto the both than the phone rong, ‘+ clouses or result: Such/So, To wuch a degree: ‘Such a brillant pions! was he that he carried of oll the prize. + inversion inthe main clause: Only after, Only by, Only if, Only when, Not ony/il, Not since Only by keeping a signolire burning did the woman manage to olert her rescuers. + condionale: Should |. ype 1), Were 1. ype 2), Had I. (ype 3) Were you a brigie felow: you'd have gone along withthe scheme. Pee ‘+ te odverbs and adverbial expressions “There goes Tom!” BUT “There he goes!” “Up wont the balloon!” BUT “Up # wont.” + alter the quoted words of direct speech “ve just ished” said Tom. BUT .. be soi. There ore adverbs ond odverbial expressions wih a negative, restrictive or emphatic meaning, which are fllowed by lnvetsion when placed fist in a sentence. The most common adverbs and cdverbial expressions with negate, restrictive or emphatic meaning tht ae followed by inversion ore: Seldom, Rarely, tle, Nowhere, Not even once, fr no way, Seoreely ... when, Hardly .. when, Barely... when, No sooner... than, Not only ... but (also), On ro cecation/accourt/condlion,In/Under no circumstances, Only after, Only in this way, Only by, Only hen, Only ‘whan, Only if, Not til/untl, Never, Never bofoce, Not since, Netther/Nor/So, Well [ermal] ote "Vike chicken*. "So do Well did ho remember the night he earthquake siuck On no occasion was the gi allowed to stay out late Novor had he had such overlying experiance, Lila etd he know whot his decision would lead to, Notes ‘Only ofr, only by, only f only when, not untl/il when placed othe beginning ofthe sentence for amphasis, requis the inversion ofthe subject ond the cuxlary verb ia the rain clause ‘Oniy ater lf her quests ha let aid ehe wash the dishes ‘Only by standing on @ char coud he reach tho shal [Nor il the fst quest ad lef ware we able ro rooxSTRUCTURAL CONVERSION ~-- 1 All th food fed boon prepared and the fale hoe teen lid ae wal Not only had al the food been prepared but aso the tole hd been oid 2 As soon 02 he was promoted, he sorted behaving arrogant No sooner hod he been promoted than he stored fehoving eregonty Hardly/Scarcely had he been promoted when he Seared behoving aogonty 31 He hod no dea ho he eaure had boon hidden in fis gorden. Ute did he know that he reaure hod been hidden in tis gordon 4 She danced so much tha she coud walk cherwars S mich did sho donce hot she could? walk onrards 5 twas weh a nice day fo! we went on an excision Sich 0 nice doy was ha! we went on on ncuron 6 7 8 They finished painting and thon they moved ino the ew house, ‘Only afer they had Fished pointing did they mos into their new house. 11 were you, | would accept his ofr. Were I you, 1 would accept his offer. IFT had been told earlier, 1 would have read diferenty Hd I bcen told earlier, ! would have reacted bifferenty. IFT (should) change my mind, 1 et you know. Should {change my mind, It you know. i She didh’t phone me; she didn’ drop me a line eer. She dda’ phone me nor did she drop me alive. She neither phoned me, nor did she dkop me a line. She won't tel es for any reason. ©n no account wil she tel es The boy ran away. ‘Away ran the boy!