oe 50 ereton,
you wantto speak ina ore oral way pethaps to introduce
phletormoreieprtnt people ead herrea sy the
Vien Can toda Mes XP oe May dies
‘forte you met? of don think yourve mee
Wicpvouspeaw te second person youcanjusiay Thies.
‘When peopl are itrodaca. thy osualy sy “Helo
(cen nd informal or How do you do re ora How
hy So doce no nea he sme a How ae yoo? ands nt
‘lisesi sal ij anexprason seep we hen
i gate common to itoduce people wing thir Chitin
ruin and sucameGistead ofr, Me et -stname), You cay
fot ivays do ths depends on te people ap sci class and
{nal Steen anon ours eo yous ot
tits safer t se, Mos ete or more infomation aout he
tne names and te 396.
"ys used wish an infinitive when we apologize For
ee ate doing or about t do
ley to tub you ~ could speak to you for # mo
Are apologie for somthing that we have done,
eee for ng, of 3 thats,
To have wate ow of sty
etpatinguarhaing woken
&
sory that ote your np yesterday
bike nse ofthe nine and-ng form with cert td
Sie difference between used to infinitive and be
spe 615 4
be pub
eal ake: Con you tall me the way tothe
aster pace)
Tapdera Engi apace where you cn ink ber
“iu pubis Te ul wordoneni
So eatel pe ih 4 he Neo fm The Sea
There’ the nearest pub?” ~ "The Seon rn, jas
lon: general 343
nvrsion means puting the ver before the subst. This happens
Inuesconn and in a numberof rhe ees Tere ae two main
ins fiver. ty the more commen kind, aay er
ties before te saat and the et the web comes ac It
thre no airy, does or ade,
‘as your moter spon in Arthur?
sine Fiery ester Dl you so ber?
(Only yesterday al rea ob wae going on
Pee the oer sore of inversion, the whole ver comes before the
pit ede rons ocean ae
pet emereie
Ate Goetsot ssaes ne
fifo
lenny thn
‘Goalies sed Ba al dy ieee 090
‘uu ig nt wed alone a peposiions we ws the
itdop tod of followed by 3 hee
‘She acer fe 336
‘Sed eal day intnd of og wr
ethene ted fb hs
‘auctions
‘a gute casy to intoce peopl each other ia Enel
ty juseco say the names, poinsing at each personae
‘Er gine you want eo code Mary and Carmen
“Sr iota! falling to Mae) ou can point at Cat
‘"tSrnenyahen yu tre Caren and ty Mary’ OF
‘sesayingthe names, you ca say This Carmen! an
Im fbuee "The Carmen’ sce 603)
uvestions
Iersioniscommon in questions, bus not alway sed Se 5,
Iverson s wor usualy usa a indecequesuons See $35
ore you see Job?
ave seen John?
onde ther be'd se fob:Inversion 943
‘845. inversion
Sentences with
Ina teary se, iversio ean be wd instead fifa so
‘of entence. See 337
‘ad non wha we going to hapa, wold ever
Ir alone (IFT ad owe)
that inversion is ot uted ifthe subject is a pronoun.
ere ae comes!
‘ter a8
Invenio sometimes happens afer atin Ierary le Se
‘She raved grea deal, 98d most of a Hans
sof reporting
sions often use in writing, wih verbs ike say anda afer
speech, Do and id are not used. For deta ee 34
do you mean” ad Hany.
sion it not used if the subject a pronoun,
What do you mean” he ake
[tor nether, nor and so
Inall yes of English, inversions possible af thee thee vs
[Gependingon the meaning. See 34
“I dow’ like Mosart! = Nor do
[Ator negative adverbial expressions
Ina formal sje, many adverbs and adverbial expres
negaie meanings can be put atthe benning ofthe
‘when this happens, we use fnversion See 94
Under no crcnstances can we acapt chess
‘Hardly hd Verve chen gavel broke on
[tor adverbial expressions boginning with only
“The kind of version also mostofen found ina formals
as.
‘Only thon a underatand wha he meant
ator neither, nor and so aaa
hear advo an bee nrc esssin which We
hat people (or hings or situations ar the sme av hes tat
tus been mentioned. faversion i ne.
nua never touches a dying-up cloth’ ‘Nether does
ruse ot eyo foal, prt oma
iN eerverdair apni nel
pics rdtoay
Cha be lin ens, node
enh a an a ea
‘In exclamations: cae
"Exclamation fem have the same form as negative gues
‘Asean gies, ty atone ay
tions. (See 236)
Tan i cold! Amt fed apt
Ina rather oldfashioned literary aye, inversion
{loundin exclamation ae bow a whet (Por the
nde ter how and whats 225),
How beawifl ar te towers!
What a penal place Sogness!
‘After adverbial expressions of place
In his kind of inversion, the whole vec i ut before he ly
Do anid se not weed. Thi sracrue common Mer)
Aiserpcive wring
Under rao was sting eof the bigust max bave cr
(nthe bed aya esl youns si
a's abe, ook "so ie”
‘nore infomaton about the use of ether, nar andso, see 408
SI7-558
after negative expressions and ‘Only...’ 945
nin expresions with a negtve or restrictive meaning can be
sce beinog oases for np When depp,
3m, rarely and never in comparisons
ss a rather Ierary stucere, not common in ordinary English
had seen sucha remarkable creature,
ould she have boo face ith vo dificult «choice
fa rb bla
‘have t felt better. hereversion 346
2 Heraty, scarcely and no sooner
These expression can be ued t begin sentence in which
shat one tng rel inet afer nth
a lowed by token no soomer soo
948 irregular verbs
oi fom of the ood aga cat,
‘mis aro be orig bf Bao
ay to he Son
Cad ih corer makes ge potoomn
Iie hc wasn aconetus young man
arty ha ave whan had ne role to cp iseson afer ere and here, see 39
Seach hed we rte eh ant ol
Nosoeneres sho lack ebm an sk aed
3 ‘ony...
Inversion is used when adverbial expressions which ins
otdonh come actetinngof eee Thi oh
ty fer a yard 1 ein 10 Se the ets of my
‘ni unr doe te whol te popton
reasonable standard of tg
Ines abo wed aot ty n'a oly ban
Not ony cd we os al ow mony, but we alo came se
Teng ore.
4 een ee!
Expressions containing word fen ome at thebexinin
‘erences fr emphasis forexampe noes ineron se
‘Ai tne wa tbe Preston aware of wha ae bapporie
‘Under no circumstances con customers money be ff
Inno way ean lr others e held reponse
with verbs of reporting a7
tren inn apes loners
ened ba Bay bevetee,graned Pry
"Ayo oe lee thee
inet eae ceca ete song
Riku emo eh sores com sre
[ebe rough, sald, (Or id Jon).
Ta rong tm nt (Or
Ist topes ee eHow ete
‘ihe pos tase ema net
verbs a8
orl list of iregla ves cs be foun any gramnar oF
Monat. Ths it nly of como estat aden fen
stakes wis you hve ay th wear ey
bes od ist arnt nes BY Beat
‘nro account reat sted to fod deanna pas nsee roe
Nove that in al hese sacar, the negative expen can exit benny by
placed ltr inthe sentence, without iverson This eally Bic Kore NL
{se terary or foal pression, Bw own Bun)
1a eto cen such remarkable crete stgeitee! tocerineen
Thad hardy arved hon Thad mee proba t cope with doe 6
eniybece seth ests of yt ar sever mothe ten
‘Thetis was none ofehchocrbegpons sree fea tan
sme meer flow fon
fron ave
hn
Severin ar aril eros par oH een had
‘arate and descriptive wring, itis come to begins ba
{Sons nih seb Exton ke Osh Ye ray Ba!
Reund the corner, ex. When there are fllowe by nana ta
‘ett ke come fe, stone inverson common, The wh ede
verb isp eve the sabe and dd ot wl ‘eet