Inversions and Emphatic Structures 4

!!! Should poate fi folosit idiomatic cu: "who" (cine), "where" (unde), "what" (ce) in
expresii care exprima surpriza:

e.g. I open the door and who should I see there but Tom. (Deschid usa si pe cine vad acolo,
pe Tom.)
e.g. And in the middle of the forest … come across but this enormous bear. (Si in mijlocul
padurii peste ce dau, peste un urs imens.)
a) what I should
b) what should I
c) what I might
d) what might I

SUCH urmat de verbul TO BE si apoi de Subiect (exprimat printr-un substantiv) poate

fi
folosit pentru a accentua pe o idee:
S + TO BE + SO GREAT+THAT + Clause => SUCH + TO BE + NOUN + THAT +
Clause
The power of the storm was so great that all the trees were down. (Puterea
furtunii a fost asa de mare, ca toti copacii erau cazuti.)
Such was the power of the storm that all the trees were down. (Atat de mare
a fost puterea furtunii, ca toti copacii erau cazuti.)
e.g. Her fear of darkness was so great that she always slept with the light on. (Frica ei de
intuneric era atat de mare, ca dormea intotdeauna cu lumina aprinsa.)
a) Such her fear of darkness was that she always slept with the light on. (nu avem
inversiune, trebuie TO BE imediat dupa SUCH)
b) Such great her fear of darkness was that she always slept with the light on. (nu se pune
such great ci numai SUCH)
c) Such was her fear of darkness that she always slept with the light on. (Atat de mare era
frica ei de intuneric, ca dormea intotdeauna cu lumina aprinsa.)
d) Such was she afraid of darkness that she always slept with the light on. (nu se foloseste
subiect si predicat ci TO BE + substantiv)