ESA Pedia: Inversion in English

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 Hello, ESAHolics!

ESA FKIP Universitas Riau is pleased to share another English learning topic to support your understanding of grammar. In this blog, we discuss inversion, an important structure in English that helps shape meaning and emphasis in sentences.

Definition

Inversion in English means placing the verb before the subject. Normally, the subject comes first, as in You are tired. In a question or certain formal expressions, the verb precedes the subject: Are you tired? Only the first verb (usually auxiliary) moves before the subject if the verb phrase contains multiple verbs.

Use in Questions


Inversion is commonly used from questions: 
1. With be: Is she ready?, Were they late?
2. WIth other tenses and auxialiaries: Have they arrived?, Will you go?, Should we start?
3. Present and past simple (except be) use do/does/did: Do you understand?, Did they finish?

Other Uses of Inversion

Inversion also appears in formal or literary contexts: 
1. After negative adverbs at the beginning: Seldom have I seen such beautiful work.
2. In formal conditionals instead of "if": Had I been there, this problem wouldn't have happened.
3. With adverbials of place: On the tabble was all the money we had lost.
4. After "so+adjective...that": So delicious was the food that we ate every last bite. 

Source: 
perfect-english-grammar.com


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