Đảo ngược "bao gồm hai hoạt động khác nhau về ngữ pháp.• Sử dụng một hình thức câu hỏi của động từ chính Anh không chỉ không báo cáo tai nạn, nhưng sau đó bị từ chối rằng ông đã lái xe. Không bao giờ tôi thích bản thân mình nhiều hơn! • Thay đổi các vị trí bình thường của động từ và chủ đề Trên đường đến một cuộc diễu hành kỳ lạ. Xem Grammar 14 cho một lời giải thích của ví dụ này | Explanations Inversion The term inversion covers two different grammatical operations. Using a question form of the main verb Not only did he fail to report the accident but also later denied that he had been driving the car. Never have I enjoyed myself more Changing the normal positions of verb and subject Along the street came a strange procession. See Grammar 14 for an explanation of this example. Inversion after negative adverbials This only occurs when the adverbial occurs at the beginning of a clause. All the examples below are used in formal language usually for rhetorical effect such as in political speeches. They are not usual in everyday spoken language. Compare Never have I heard a weaker excuse I have never heard a weaker excuse Time expressions never rarely seldom These are most commonly used with present perfect or past perfect or with modals such as can and could. Sentences of this type often contain comparatives. Rarely can a minister have been faced with such a problem. Seldom has the team given a worse performance. Rarely had I had so much responsibility. Time expressions hardly barely scarcely no sooner These refer to an event which quickly follows another in the past. They are usually used with past perfect although no sooner can be followed by past simple. Note the words used in the contrasting clause. Hardly had the train left the station when there was an explosion. Scarcely had I entered the room when the phone rang. No sooner had I reached the door than I realised it was locked. No sooner was the team back on the pitch than it started raining. After only Here only combines with other time expressions and is usually used with past simple. Only after posting the letter did 1 remember that I had forgotten to put on a stamp. Other examples are only if when only then only later. 78 GRAMMAR 13 INVERSION Note that when only refers to the state of being the only one there is no inversion following it. Only Mary realised that the door was not .
