Inversion of Word Order for Emphasis

Inversion can be used to form questions and conditional sentences, but it can also be used for emphasis.

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

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

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 10/13/2010 - 06:34.

This is wrong: "Never should you remember who's your boss"
This is wrong: "....which means there are more likely to appear in books."

Submitted by terry (not verified) on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 00:07.

Should be 'they' instead of 'there'?

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Submitted by Admin on Fri, 09/30/2011 - 09:59.

Hi,

Looks like it. Corrected.

Cheers

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