INVERSION

1. NEGATIVE INVERSION

1.1. FUNCTION

1.1.1. EMPHASIS

1.1.2. INDIGNATION

1.1.3. DRAMATIZATION

1.2. FORM

1.2.1. GRAMMAR

1.2.1.1. NEGATIVE/LIMITING WORD at beginning of sentence + INVERSION

1.2.1.1.1. IF THERE ALREADY IS AN AUXILIARY VERB --> SIMPLE INVERSION

1.2.1.1.2. IF THERE IS NO AUXILIARY VERB --> YOU MUST ADD ONE

1.2.1.1.3. IF IT IS AN INVERSION with Hardly / Barely / Scarcely ( + when) or No sooner ( + than) --> the verb must be in the PAST PERFECT

1.2.2. VOCABULARY

1.2.2.1. NARRATIVE

1.2.2.1.1. Hardly Barely Scarcely

1.2.2.1.2. No sooner

1.2.2.2. ONE WORD

1.2.2.2.1. Never Little

1.2.2.3. ONE WORD + COMPLEMENT

1.2.2.3.1. Not + until

1.2.2.4. JOINING TWO IDEAS

1.2.2.4.1. Not only ...but also....

2. INVERSION IN CONDITIONALS

2.1. 1st CONDITIONAL

2.2. 2nd CONDITIONAL

2.3. 3rd CONDITIONAL

3. INVERSION with SO and SUCH