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Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Inversion====== =====Introduction===== <html><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/2070_e3bd69568496657de1913cf1acb32465.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="2245" height="1357" id="2070" style="width: 203px; height: 128px;" alt="plage sable beach sand sky island sea mer ciel" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/2070_e3bd69568496657de1913cf1acb32465.jpg"></a> <span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>Never <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">have I seen </span>such a beautiful blue sea.</strong></span><br></p></html> =====Definition===== <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;'>This is a sentence structure in which the verb is placed before the subject.</span></b></p> <br></html> =====Construction===== <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;'>In English, 'subject + verb + object' is the most common structure. However, in certain types of sentence, we invert the verb and subject. The examples below are in the present, but the same basic structure applies to other tenses.</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></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="153" 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: 91.9pt; 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: 12pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 517;"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-themecolor: background1;'> </span></p> </td> <td width="272" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 163pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1;"> <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;'>Usual structure</span></b></p> </td> <td width="327" 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: 195.9pt; 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;'>Inversion</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td width="153" 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: 91.9pt; 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;'>'to be'</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;'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="272" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 163pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-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;'>I am</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;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>I am</span></u></b><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> rarely late.</span></b></p> </td> <td width="327" 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: 195.9pt; 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;'>am I</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;'> </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;'>Rarely <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">am I</span> late.</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;'> </span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="153" 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: 91.9pt; 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;'>(Modal) auxiliary verbs</span></b></p> </td> <td width="272" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); border-image: none; width: 163pt; background-color: transparent;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>I can go</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;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>I can</span></u></b><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> only <u>go</u> on Mondays.</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;'> </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;'>I am going</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;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b style=";"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>I am</span></u></b><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> never <u>going</u> there again.</span></b></p> </td> <td width="327" 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: 195.9pt; 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;'>can I go</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;'> </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;'>Only on Mondays <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">can I go</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;'> </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;'>am I going</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;'> </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;'>Never again <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">am I going </span>there.</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;'> </span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2; ;"> <td width="153" 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: 91.9pt; 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;'>Other verbs</span></b></p> </td> <td width="272" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 0px; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 163pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-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;'>I go</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;'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>I</span></u></b><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'> don't <u>go</u> to bed until I'm really tired.</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;'> </span></b></p> </td> <td width="327" 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: 195.9pt; 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;'>do I go</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;'> </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;'>Not until I'm really tired <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">do I go </span>to bed.</span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <br></html> =====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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;'> </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;"> </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;'> </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;'> </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;"> </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;'> </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;'> </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;"> </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;"> </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;"> </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> [[en:grammar:home|{{ :file_-_back_3_.png?150 }}]]