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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

"you should" inversion

"Only when you understand buyers should you begin to create compelling Web content to reach them." Why does the author inverse "you should"?
  

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It's a rule. The inversion is required when such expressions begin the sentence. Here are a couple of other examples.

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  • It's a rule.
  • The inversion is required when such expressions begin the sentence.
  • Here are a couple of other examples.
  • Rarely do I watch TV.
  • Never have I been so wronged.
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It's a rule. The inversion is required when such expressions begin the sentence.

Here are a couple of other examples.

Rarely do I watch TV.
Never have I been so wronged.
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Anonymous"Only when you understand buyers should you begin to create compelling Web content to reach them." Why does the author invert "you should"?
Initial "only".

Only when the lights went on would they see the decorations.
Only after the concert did I realize that I had lost
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