PRACTISE ENGLISH: GRAMMAR ISSUES - INVERSION:
What is inversion and how to use it?
In statement it is usual for the verb to follow the subject, but sometimes this word order is reversed.
We can refer to this as inversion. There are two main types of inversion:
• when the verb comes before the subject (optional inversion)
In the doorway stood her father. (or …her father stood.)
• when the auxiliary comes before the subject and the rest of the verb
phrase follows the subject (inversion is usually necessary)
Rarely had he seen such a sunset. (not Rarely he had see …)
Inversion brings about fronting , the re-ordering of information in a sentence to give emphasis in a particular place. Often this causes an element to be postponed until later in the sentence, focusing attention on it.
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What is inversion and how to use it?
In statement it is usual for the verb to follow the subject, but sometimes this word order is reversed.
We can refer to this as inversion. There are two main types of inversion:
• when the verb comes before the subject (optional inversion)
In the doorway stood her father. (or …her father stood.)
• when the auxiliary comes before the subject and the rest of the verb
phrase follows the subject (inversion is usually necessary)
Rarely had he seen such a sunset. (not Rarely he had see …)
Inversion brings about fronting , the re-ordering of information in a sentence to give emphasis in a particular place. Often this causes an element to be postponed until later in the sentence, focusing attention on it.
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