Category: Inversion

Many other negative and affirmative sentences use inversion. 1. Affirmative and negative agreement: only after so, nor, neither but not in the cases of either and too.  Examples: Alex went to the club, and so did his brother. Alex went to the club, and Jenny did too. (No inversion) Robert hasn’t reached yet, neither has his companion. Robert hasn’t reached yet; Robin hasn’t either.… Continue reading Inversion in other expressions:

Almost all forms of interrogative sentences (without subject questions and embedded questions) use inversion. These sentences always place the auxiliary verb before the subject. Example: Is he going to the club? Did he go to the club? Where is the club? Who is that guy standing there? (No inversion for it is a subject question)

Inversion of the verb before the subject is a common phenomenon in English sentences. The natural order of English sentences is (subject + verb + . . . .) but sometimes it becomes (verb + subject). Inversion is most common with question form of the sentences. However, there are few other circumstances where inversion of subject and verb… Continue reading Inversion: Definition