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  2. Subject–verb inversion in English - Wikipedia

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    Typical verbs that allow directive inversion in English are come, go, run, etc. [2] a. Two students came into the room. b. Into the room came two students. – Directive inversion c. *Into the room came they. – Directive inversion unlikely with a weak pronoun subject a. The squirrel fell out of the tree. b. Out of the tree fell the squirrel.

  3. Inversion (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    is arrivato arrived Giovanni. Giovanni è arrivato Giovanni. is arrived Giovanni 'Giovanni arrived' In English, on the other hand, subject-verb inversion generally takes the form of a Locative inversion. A familiar example of subject-verb inversion from English is the presentational there construction. There's a shark. English (especially written English) also has an inversion construction ...

  4. Negative inversion - Wikipedia

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    Negative inversion is a phenomenon of English syntax. Other Germanic languages have a more general V2 word order, which allows inversion to occur much more often than in English, so they may not acknowledge negative inversion as a specific phenomenon. While negative inversion is a common occurrence in English, a solid understanding of just what ...

  5. English grammar - Wikipedia

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    Professor Whitney in his Essentials of English Grammar recommends the German original stating "there is an English version, but it is hardly to be used." (p. vi) Meyer-Myklestad, J. (1967). An Advanced English Grammar for Students and Teachers. Universitetsforlaget-Oslo. p. 627. Morenberg, Max (2002). Doing Grammar, 3rd edition. New York ...

  6. Betty Birner - Wikipedia

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    Inversion is the term for sentence types where the parts before and after the verb switch places. For example, (a) sentences below appear in regular, or canonical, English word order, while the (b) sentences show inversion: 1. a) Mr. Thompson was listed last. b) Listed last was Mr. Thompson. 2. a) The black cat raced into John’s kitchen.

  7. Interrogative - Wikipedia

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    Interrogative sentences are generally divided between yes–no questions, which ask whether or not something is the case (and invite an answer of the yes/no type), and wh-questions, which specify the information being asked about using a word like which, who, how, etc.

  8. Subject–auxiliary inversion - Wikipedia

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    Subject–auxiliary inversion (SAI; also called subject–operator inversion) is a frequently occurring type of inversion in the English language whereby a finite auxiliary verb – taken here to include finite forms of the copula be – appears to "invert" (change places) with the subject. [1]

  9. V2 word order - Wikipedia

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    The word which participated in inversion was the finite verb; the verb which retained its position relative to the object was the non-finite verb. In most types of Modern English clause, there are two verb forms, but the verbs are considered to belong to different syntactic classes.

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