Literary inversion
Hello!
Could you explain the difference of inversion rules in these two sentences:
Hot though the night air was they slept soundly.
So successful was her business, that Marie was able to retire at the age of 50.
Thanks a lot in advance 
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I would move the comma from the second sentence to the first. The patterns are different with "so" and "though": The night air was hot. Hot though the night air was ...
- I would move the comma from the second sentence to the first.
- The patterns are different with "so" and "though": The night air was hot.
- Hot though the night air was ...
- So hot was the night air ...
- * Hot so the night air was ...
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I would move the comma from the second sentence to the first.
The patterns are different with "so" and "though":
The night air was hot.
Hot though the night air was ...
So hot was the night air ...
*Hot so the night air was ... (not possible)
?Though hot was the night air ... (poetic only)
Her business was successful.
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