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Liveinjapan Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Little did we know how far

I saw the rough cut and loved it but little did we know how far this film would go.

Is it an inversion?
Is the reason the inversion occurred because you can emphasize 'little'?
And when such inversion occurs, the auxiliary verb 'did' is needed, right?
Thanks a lot.
  

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-- Yes, but it is a fixed phrase. -- No; 'little' is a pseudo-negative word. - Yes , I think so offhand.

— Mister Micawber

  • -- Yes, but it is a fixed phrase.
  • -- No; 'little' is a pseudo-negative word.
  • - Yes , I think so offhand.
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Is it an inversion?-- Yes, but it is a fixed phrase.

Is the reason the inversion occurred because you can emphasize 'little'?-- No; 'little' is a pseudo-negative word.

And when such inversion occurs, the auxiliary verb 'did' is needed, right?- Yes, I think so offhand.
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Thanks, Mr M.
Understand.

Is there no particular reason for the inversion here?
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