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E

nnaNov
yar
ty_
18111019

I
nver
sionmeansputt
ingver
bbe fores
ubje
c t
,theusual
orderofwordsi
nasent
enc
eissubj
ect+
v
erb+object
.Someti
me sce
r t
ainadver
bscomea tt
hebe gi
nningoft
hesent
enc
e.Thi
sorde
ris
t
heninver
tedandtheverbcome sbef
orethesubj
ect.

E
xampl
e:

Nor
mal
sent
enc
e:I
fsheha
dinf
orme
dmee
arl
i
er,
Iwoul
dha
vehe
lpe
dhe
r.

I
nve
rsi
on:
Hads
hei
nfor
medmee
arl
i
er,
Iwoul
dha
vehe
lpe
dhe
r.

Nor
mal
sent
enc
e:I
fsheha
dle
fts
oone
r,s
hewoul
dn’
tha
veg
otwe
tint
her
ain.

I
nve
rsi
on:
Hads
hel
efts
oone
r,s
hewoul
dn’
tha
veg
otwe
tint
her
ain.

Nor
mal
:Iha
dha
rdl
yre
ache
dthes
tat
ionwhe
nthet
rai
nde
par
ted.

I
nve
rsi
on:
Har
dlyha
dIr
eac
hedt
hes
tat
ionwhe
nthet
rai
nde
par
ted.

Nor
mal
:Iha
dsc
arc
elys
teppe
doutwhe
nthet
ele
phoner
ang
.

I
nve
rsi
on:
Sca
rce
lyha
dIs
teppe
doutwhe
nthet
ele
phoner
ang
.

S
truc
tur
e:“
So+Adj
…tha
t”

E
xampl
e:

Nor
mal
sent
enc
e:J
imwa
ssok
indt
hate
ver
ybodyl
ove
dhi
m.

I
nve
rsi
on:
Sok
indwa
sJi
mtha
tev
ery
bodyl
ove
dhi
m.

Nor
mal
sent
enc
e:T
hec
art
oonwa
ssof
unnyt
hata
llt
hek
idsl
aug
hed.

I
nve
rsi
on:
Sof
unnywa
sthec
art
oont
hata
llt
hek
idsl
aug
hed.
He
rea
ndt
her
e

I
nve
rsi
onc
anhappe
naf
terher
e,andaf
tert
herewhe
niti
sasanadver
bofpl
ace
.Af
terhe
rea
nd
t
her
e,wecanus
eamai
nverbwit
houtanauxi
l
iar
yver
bormodal
v e
rb.

E
xampl
e:

He
rec
ome
sthebus
!

He
re’
syourc
off
ee.

E
xpr
ess
ionsbe
ginni
ngwi
thnot

Wea l
soi
nve
rtt
hes
ubj
ecta
ndv
erba
fte
rnot+apr
epos
it
iona
lphr
aseorac
laus
eini
ni
ti
al
pos
it
ion:

E
xampl
e:

Notf
oramome
ntdi
dIt
hinkI
woul
dbeof
fer
edt
hej
ob,
soI
wasa
maz
edwhe
nIg
oti
t.

Nott
il
lIg
othomedi
dIr
eal
i
semywa
ll
etwa
smi
ssi
ng.

Ne
gat
ivea
dve
rbs

I
nformals
tyl
es,whe
nweus ea na
dve
rbwit
hne g
ati
vemeani
ng(e
.g.neve
r,s
eldom,rar
ely
,
s
carc
ely
,hardl
y)i
nfrontpos
it
ionf
orempha
sis
,weinve
rtt
hesubj
ect(s
)andauxi
li
ary
(
aux)
/modalver
b:

Ne
verha
vewewi
tne
sse
dsuc
hcr
uel
beha
viourbyonec
hil
dtoa
not
her
.

S
eldomdoe
sonehe
arapol
i
tic
ians
ay‘
sor
ry’
.

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