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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Reversion because of the adverbs of time

When I generally want to focus on the time adverbs (always, constantly, ussualy etc.) then I need to use the reversion, don't I?
Is the sentence below right?:
"Constantly am i waking up at 9 o'clock in the morning."
  

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) then I need to use the reversion, don't I? No. We use S-V in version only after (near-)negatives such as never, rarely, hardly, seldom.

  • ) then I need to use the reversion, don't I?
  • No.
  • We use S-V in version only after (near-)negatives such as never, rarely, hardly, seldom.
  • " No.
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AnonymousWhen I generally want to focus on the time adverbs (always, constantly, ussualy etc.) then I need to use the reversion, don't I?
No. We use S-V inversion only after (near-)negatives such as never, rarely, hardly, seldom.
Anonymouss the sentence below right?:"Constantly am i waking up at 9 o'clock in the morning."
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So this sentence is not right:
"Always will humanity remember the World Congress of Peace held ....."
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AnonymousSo this sentence is not right:"Always will humanity remember the World Congress of Peace held ....."
It is unnatural. It should be Humanity will always remember...

Writers sometimes use inversion to create an effect, but it doesn't really work well here.
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Inversion used to take place if an adverb of place, time or manner began a sentence a very long time ago, and it still does in Swedish, which is another Germanic language and very closely related to English. Even though this inversion has all but disappeared from English, some remnants are left, and you may occasionally encounter inversion in places where it isn't normally used any more. Your sent
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So the English grammar is not actually obey to poets,Is not it?
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Poets sometimes cheat a little, yes, but there are ways of saying things that sound pleasant to the ear of a native speaker, and others that just sound awkward. There is a well known Christmas carol that contains the line, "Brightly shone the moon that night". It creates an effect that would be missing if the line were, "The moon shone brightly that night", although the meaning would be the same.

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