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Vladv Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Inversion

Dear friends . I know that there are many adverbials after which the inversion is obligatory when they are placed at the beginning of the sentence. ( never, seldom , only then , only once ....) but I came across the examples when other words are used instead of negative adverbials . Like " now will you be happy !" could you please provide other words apart from negative adverbials after which the inversion is possible . Thanks a lot.
  

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Vladv now will you be happy ! Inversion is a characteristic of an exclamation. The exclamation point is there to denote that although it has the form of a question, it is an exclamation.

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  • Vladv now will you be happy !
  • Inversion is a characteristic of an exclamation.
  • The exclamation point is there to denote that although it has the form of a question, it is an exclamation.
  • You seldom see that these days.
  • " is extremely old-fashioned and would not be understood by most native speakers, who would use the plain declarative "Now you will be happy" and stick an exclamation point on the end.
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Vladvnow will you be happy !

Inversion is a characteristic of an exclamation. The exclamation point is there to denote that although it has the form of a question, it is an exclamation. You seldom see that these days. Your "Now will you be happy!" is extremely old-fashioned and would not be understood by most native speakers, who would use the plain declara

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"Bang!" went the gun is common.

Swedish and English are Germanic languages and thus very closely related. In Swedish inversion always occurs if an adverb of place, time or manner begins a sentence. There are rare occurrences of this phenomenon in English, too. I remember hearing a song that goes like this:

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