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5. Addictions

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5. Addictions

INVERSION OF SUBJECT

Usually, we put the expression at the beginning of the sentence to emphasise what we're saying.

  • Seldom have I seen such beautiful work.
    ('Seldom' is at the beginning, so we use inversion. This sentence emphasizes what beautiful work it is.)

Here are some negative adverbs and adverb phrases that we often use with inversion:

Hardly Hardly had I got into bed when the telephone rang.
Never Never had she seen such a beautiful sight before.
Seldom Seldom do we see such an amazing display of dance.
Rarely Rarely will you hear such beautiful music.
Only then Only then did I understand why the tragedy had happened.
Not only ... but Not only does he love chocolate and sweets but he also smokes.
No sooner No sooner had we arrived home than the police rang the doorbell.
Scarcely Scarcely had I got off the bus when it crashed into the back of a car.
Only later Only later did she really think about the situation.
Nowhere Nowhere have I ever had such bad service.
Little Little did he know!
Only in this way Only in this way could John earn enough money to survive.
In no way In no way do I agree with what you're saying.
On no account On no account should you do anything without asking me first.

 

In the following expressions, the inversion comes in the second part of the sentence:

Not until Not until I saw John with my own eyes did I really believe he was safe.
Not since Not since Lucy left college had she had such a wonderful time.
Only after Only after I'd seen her flat did I understand why she wanted to live there.
Only when Only when we'd all arrived home did I feel calm.
Only by Only by working extremely hard could we afford to eat.

 

2: We can use inversion instead of 'if' in conditionals with 'had' 'were' and 'should'. This is quite formal:

  • Normal conditional: If I had been there, this problem wouldn't have happened.
  • Conditional with inversion: Had I been there, this problem wouldn't have happened.

3: We can use inversion if we put an adverbial expression of place at the beginning on the sentence. This is also quite formal or literary:

  • On the table was all the money we had lost. (Normal sentence: All the money we had lost was on the table.)
  • Round the corner came the knights. (Normal sentence: The knights came round the corner.)

4: We can use inversion after 'so + adjective...that':

  • So beautiful was the girl that nobody could talk of anything else. (Normal sentence: the girl was so beautiful that nobody could talk of anything else.)