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INVERSION (Change of word order (No sooner .... than... Hardly/scarcely ..…
INVERSION
Change of word order
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At no time, in now way, on no account, on no condition, under no circumstances
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so/such
So devastating were the floods that some areas may never recover.
Such was the force of the storm that trees were uprooted.
Never before, rarely, seldom
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In conditional sentences
If they were to escape, there would be an outcry. ----> Were they to escape, there would be an outcry.
If the police had found out, I would have been in trouble. ----> Were the police to have found out, I would have been in trouble.
If you should hear anything, let me know. ----> Should you hear anything, let me know.
If I had known, I would have protested strongly. ----> Had I known, I would have protested strongly.
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