INVERSION – TO EMPHASIZE THE MESSAGE

(auxiliary/modal + sb + VB/ verb + sb)

Under no circumstances = On no account
Never (before)
Little (did I know) I had little information/idea that……
Only (+adverb)
So/Such (+adjective) + Be + Sb
Rarely (Seldom)
In no way
Not for a moment
Not only (+inversion) but also

Ex. You must not mention this to him under any

circumstances.
Under no circumstances must you mention this to him.
You must mention/ you mustn’t mention.
Ex: I realized only later that she was their daughter.
Only later did I realize that she………….

Ex: Only when Peter arrived (at P’s arrival)/did Peter

arrive, could we start the work.
Only (subord. de timp: Sb+Pr) + inversion

Ex: She was so beautiful that the boy fell in love

immediately.
So beautiful was she, that………

12. He realized the danger he had been in only after he had read
the newspaper the following morning.
13. Only /after he had read the newspaper the following
morning/ did I realize that……...

Only after reading the newspaper, did he realise

!!!!! Dupa Only, se face inversiune la verbul din prop.
Principal.
 AS SOON AS

NO SOONER (DE-ABIA) / HARDLY (CU GREU)

SCARCELY
BARELY

NO SOONER + HAD + SB+ VB III…..+ THAN

Ex: As soon as I got home, the rain started.
1 2
No sooner had I got home than the rain started.

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HARDLY + HAD + SB+ VB III….+ WHEN

As soon as I got home, the rain started.

1 2
Hardly had I got home, when the rain started.