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 =====Uses and examples===== =====Uses and examples=====
 <html> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><br></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>When a negative or restrictive adverb or adverbial phrase is placed at the beginning of a sentence, we use this structure in order to place emphasis on the negative aspect of a situation or on its uniqueness.</span></b></p><ol style="list-style-type: decimal; direction: ltr;"><li style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;'><p style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;'><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Here are some examples:</span></b></p><p style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;'><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;'><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Note that </span></b><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text1;'>some of these are more commonly used in conversation than others. If in doubt, it is better to use examples that you have already heard.</span></b></p></li></ol> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <table style="margin: auto auto auto 36pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>hardly</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Hardly <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">had we solved </span>one problem when another came up.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>(in) no way</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>No way <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">is this </span>a good idea!</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>little</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Little <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">does he know </span>the boss is planning to fire him.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>never</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Never <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">have we had </span>such a terrible summer as this.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>no sooner</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>No sooner <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">had we solved </span>one problem than another one came along!</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>not only...but</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Not only <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">is it </span>cold but it's been raining all week too.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>nowhere</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Nowhere in this report <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">is there</span> any mention of my contribution!</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>only in this way</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Only in this way <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">can we </span>ever <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">hope</span> to make an improvement. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>only later</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Only later <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">did I realise </span>that I'd made a terrible mistake.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>only then</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Only then <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">will it be </span>possible to move on to the next stage.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>on no account</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>On no account <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">should you accept </span>the job - it isn't right for you at all.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>rarely</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Rarely <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">do we see </span>foreign films in English cinemas.<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>scarcely</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Scarcely <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">had I sat </span>down to relax when the phone rang.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13; ;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>seldom</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Seldom <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">do we </span>ever <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">get </span>a response when we call the helpline.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>With some expressions, the inversion is placed in the second part of the sentence. For example:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <table style="margin: auto auto auto 36pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Not until</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Not until I saw it in writing <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">did I </span>really <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">believe</span> it was true.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Not since</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Not since I was a teenager <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">have I had </span>so much fun.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Only after</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Only after I'd explained it to him clearly <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">did he begin </span>to calm down.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Only by</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Only by working at weekends <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">can we </span>really <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">hope</span> to meet the deadline. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4; ;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Only if/when</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Only if I pass this exam <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">will I be able </span>to get the job I really want.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><br></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'></span></b><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>When an adverbial expression of place is placed at the beginning of a sentence or clause, we sometimes use inversion. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastfirstrow: yes;"> <td width="260" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 155.7pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 517;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Use</span></b></p> </td> <td width="492" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 295.1pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Examples</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td width="260" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 155.7pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>In literary contexts</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> <td width="492" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 295.1pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Into the room <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">strode the</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">tallest man </span>she'd ever seen.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Out of the mist <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">appeared a herd </span>of beautiful white horses.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="260" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 155.7pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>In conversation if we want to add some drama when telling a story</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='background: yellow; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-highlight: yellow;'><br></span></b></p> </td> <td width="492" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 295.1pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>So...it was dull and rainy and I was sitting in the canteen, feeling really miserable when in<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> walked my manager</span>. I'd lost a really important file and didn't want to see him so I escaped by the other door. In the conference room <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">were a bunch of people </span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">having a meeting </span>so I couldn't hide in there either. From the other direction <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">came a group of visitors </span>so I headed into John's office and there on his desk <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was the file</span>! Then out <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">came the sun</span> and everything seemed ok again.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='background: yellow; color: rgb(237, 125, 49); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-highlight: yellow;'><br></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2; ;"> <td width="260" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 155.7pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Common conversational expressions with 'here' and 'there'</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> <td width="492" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 295.1pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Here <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">comes Sandra </span>with the coffee. <span style="color: rgb(83, 129, 53); mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>There <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">goes the bus</span>! We've missed it again.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><br></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><br></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>With 'so' + adjective and 'such' </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>So grateful <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">were they </span>for everything that they invited us out to dinner to say thanks. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Such <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was his talent </span>for languages that he could speak four fluently by the time he left school. <span style="color: rgb(83, 129, 53); mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(83, 129, 53); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Note that </span></b><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>these structures are rarely used in conversation and are more likely to be found in writing, especially in a literary context.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>See also</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">Asking questions</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">Second and Third Conditionals</span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><br> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;"> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;"> </span></p> <br></html> <html> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><br></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>When a negative or restrictive adverb or adverbial phrase is placed at the beginning of a sentence, we use this structure in order to place emphasis on the negative aspect of a situation or on its uniqueness.</span></b></p><ol style="list-style-type: decimal; direction: ltr;"><li style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;'><p style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;'><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Here are some examples:</span></b></p><p style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;'><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style='color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0pt; mso-add-space: auto;'><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Note that </span></b><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: black; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: text1;'>some of these are more commonly used in conversation than others. If in doubt, it is better to use examples that you have already heard.</span></b></p></li></ol> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <table style="margin: auto auto auto 36pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>hardly</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Hardly <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">had we solved </span>one problem when another came up.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;'>(in) no way</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>No way <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">is this </span>a good idea!</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>little</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Little <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">does he know </span>the boss is planning to fire him.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>never</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Never <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">have we had </span>such a terrible summer as this.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>no sooner</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>No sooner <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">had we solved </span>one problem than another one came along!</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>not only...but</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Not only <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">is it </span>cold but it's been raining all week too.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>nowhere</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Nowhere in this report <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">is there</span> any mention of my contribution!</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>only in this way</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Only in this way <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">can we </span>ever <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">hope</span> to make an improvement. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>only later</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Only later <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">did I realise </span>that I'd made a terrible mistake.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>only then</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Only then <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">will it be </span>possible to move on to the next stage.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>on no account</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>On no account <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">should you accept </span>the job - it isn't right for you at all.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>rarely</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Rarely <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">do we see </span>foreign films in English cinemas.<span style="color: red;"> </span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>scarcely</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Scarcely <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">had I sat </span>down to relax when the phone rang.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13; ;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>seldom</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Seldom <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">do we </span>ever <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">get </span>a response when we call the helpline.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>With some expressions, the inversion is placed in the second part of the sentence. For example:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <table style="margin: auto auto auto 36pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: 1pt solid windowtext; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Not until</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: windowtext windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Not until I saw it in writing <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">did I </span>really <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">believe</span> it was true.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Not since</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Not since I was a teenager <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">have I had </span>so much fun.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Only after</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Only after I'd explained it to him clearly <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">did he begin </span>to calm down.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Only by</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Only by working at weekends <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">can we </span>really <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">hope</span> to meet the deadline. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4; ;"> <td width="164" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext; padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 98.45pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Only if/when</span></b></p> </td> <td width="527" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) windowtext windowtext rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 316.35pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-top-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid windowtext .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Only if I pass this exam <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">will I be able </span>to get the job I really want.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><br></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'></span></b><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>When an adverbial expression of place is placed at the beginning of a sentence or clause, we sometimes use inversion. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: red; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastfirstrow: yes;"> <td width="260" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 155.7pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 517;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Use</span></b></p> </td> <td width="492" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 295.1pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Examples</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td width="260" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 155.7pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>In literary contexts</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> <td width="492" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 295.1pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Into the room <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">strode the</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">tallest man </span>she'd ever seen.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Out of the mist <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">appeared a herd </span>of beautiful white horses.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="260" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 155.7pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>In conversation if we want to add some drama when telling a story</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='background: yellow; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-highlight: yellow;'><br></span></b></p> </td> <td width="492" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 295.1pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>So...it was dull and rainy and I was sitting in the canteen, feeling really miserable when in<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> walked my manager</span>. I'd lost a really important file and didn't want to see him so I escaped by the other door. In the conference room <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">were a bunch of people </span><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">having a meeting </span>so I couldn't hide in there either. From the other direction <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">came a group of visitors </span>so I headed into John's office and there on his desk <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was the file</span>! Then out <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">came the sun</span> and everything seemed ok again.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='background: yellow; color: rgb(237, 125, 49); font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: accent2; mso-highlight: yellow;'><br></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2; ;"> <td width="260" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 155.7pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Common conversational expressions with 'here' and 'there'</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> <td width="492" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 295.1pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Here <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">comes Sandra </span>with the coffee. <span style="color: rgb(83, 129, 53); mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>There <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">goes the bus</span>! We've missed it again.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><br></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><br></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>With 'so' + adjective and 'such' </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>So grateful <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">were they </span>for everything that they invited us out to dinner to say thanks. </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Such <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was his talent </span>for languages that he could speak four fluently by the time he left school. <span style="color: rgb(83, 129, 53); mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(83, 129, 53); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Note that </span></b><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>these structures are rarely used in conversation and are more likely to be found in writing, especially in a literary context.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>See also</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">Asking questions</span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;&nbsp; </span><span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">Second and Third Conditionals</span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";'><br> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;"> <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;"> </span></p> <br></html>
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