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Ngthuha Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Grammar Struture

Please tell me the structure for " No sooner than ..............."
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" The sentence means "when I closed the door, the bell rang", or "as soon as I closed the door, the bell rang". " (= As soon as we sat down, we found it was time to go) I hope it helps. Miriam

— Miriam

  • " The sentence means "when I closed the door, the bell rang", or "as soon as I closed the door, the bell rang".
  • " (= As soon as we sat down, we found it was time to go) I hope it helps.
  • Miriam
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"I had no sooner closed the front door behind me than the doorbell rang."
The sentence means "when I closed the door, the bell rang", or "as soon as I closed the door, the bell rang".

When you use "no sooner" in initial position, there is subject-verb inversion:
"No sooner had I closed the front door behind me than the doorbell rang."
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