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		<description><![CDATA[Certain adverbs and adverb phrases, mostly with a restrictive or negative sense, can for emphasis be placed first in a sentence or clause and are then followed by the inverted (i.e. interrogative) form of the verb. The most important of these are shown below. The numbers indicate paragraphs where an example will be found. hardly [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Certain adverbs and adverb phrases,  mostly with a restrictive or negative sense, can for emphasis be placed first in  a sentence or clause and are then followed by the inverted (i.e. interrogative)  form of the verb. The most important of these are shown below. The numbers  indicate paragraphs where an example will be found.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">hardly ever </span></em> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt;">on no account</span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">hardly . . . when </span></em> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt;">only by</span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">in no  circumstances                   only in this way</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">neither/nor </span></em> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">only then/when</span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;"> never                                        scarcely ever</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">no sooner . . . than </span></em> <span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt;">scarcely . . . when</span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">not  only                                    seldom</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">not  till </span></em> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">so </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">nowhere </span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I</span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><em><span style="font-size: 11pt;">haven&#8217;t got a ticket. ~ Neither/Nor have  I. </span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span style="color: black;"><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt;">I had never before been asked to accept a bribe. </span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span style="color: black;"><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt;">Never before had I been asked to accept a bribe. </span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span style="color: black;"><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt;">They not only rob you, they smash everything too. </span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span style="color: black;"><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt;">Not only do they rob you, they smash everything  too. </span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span style="color: black;"><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt;">He didn&#8217;t realize that he had lost it till he got  home. </span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span style="color: black;"><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt;">Not till he got home did he realize that he had  lost it. </span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span style="color: black;"><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt;">This switch must not be touched on any account. </span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span style="color: black;"><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt;">On no account must this switch be touched. </span> </em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span style="color: black;"><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt;">He was able to make himself heard only by  shouting. </span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span style="color: black;"><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt;">Only by shouting was he able to make himself  heard. </span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span style="color: black;"><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt;">He became so suspicious that. . . So suspicious  did he become that. . .</span></em></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Note also that a second negative  verb in a sentence can sometimes be expressed by <strong>nor </strong>with inversion:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">He had no money and didn&#8217;t know  anyone he could borrow from.</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><em> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">He had no money, nor did he know  anyone he could borrow from.</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%;"><strong> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">(neither </span></strong> <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">would be less usual here.)</span></p>



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