Other inversions
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| in short answers using so,neither and nor |
'I voted for Smith.'
'Did you? So did I.'
'I don't believe a word this government says.'
'No, neither do I.' |
| after as, than, so and such |
I am very worried about bullying in the school, as are a lot of the parents.
The police in this area make more arrests than do officers in other parts of the country.
So rare is burglary here that many people don't bother to lock their doors.
Such public interest was there in the story that it was on the front pages of the newspapers. |
| in conditional sentences
(see Unit 11) |
Were the Foreign Secretary to resign, it would cause serious problems for the Prime Minister.
Should the Foreign Secretary resign, it would cause serious problems for the Prime Minister.
Had I known about the crime problem, I would never have moved here. |
