Inversion of Word Order for Emphasis

Inversion not only can be used to form questions and conditional sentences. Also, we can use inversion for emphasis.

  • Little did she know how much work was left.
  • On no account must you sleep at school.
  • Never should you remember who's your boss.
  • Only then can you belong to me.
  • Here comes the sun.

All these structure are rather literary, which means there are more likely to appear in books.

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