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2. Subject–verb inversion in English - Wikipedia

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   – Copular inversion unlikely with weak pronoun subject a. The objection was a concern. b. A concern was the objection. – Copular inversion c. *A concern was it. – Copular inversion unlikely with weak pronoun subject. This type of inversion occurs with a finite form of the copula be. Since English predominantly has SV order, it will tend ...

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. 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]

5. English conditional sentences - Wikipedia

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   The above can be written with the were to have construction, inversion once again possible. If he were to have written, ... (were to have construction) Were he to have written, ... (inverted form) Inversion is also possible when the present subjunctive be is used (e.g. "Be he called on by God..." for "If he be called on by God..."), but this is ...

6. Negative inversion - Wikipedia

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   In linguistics, negative inversion is one of many types of subject–auxiliary inversion in English.A negation (e.g. not, no, never, nothing, etc.) or a word that implies negation (only, hardly, scarcely) or a phrase containing one of these words precedes the finite auxiliary verb necessitating that the subject and finite verb undergo inversion. [1]

7. English grammar - Wikipedia

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   The first published English grammar was a Pamphlet for Grammar of 1586, written by William Bullokar with the stated goal of demonstrating that English was just as rule-based as Latin. Bullokar's grammar was faithfully modeled on William Lily's Latin grammar, Rudimenta Grammatices (1534), used in English schools at that time, having been ...

8. Copula (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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   In linguistics, a copula (/ ˈ k ɒ p j ə l ə /; pl.: copulas or copulae; abbreviated cop) is a word or phrase that links the subject of a sentence to a subject complement, such as the word is in the sentence "The sky is blue" or the phrase was not being in the sentence "It was not being cooperative."

9. Syntactic movement - Wikipedia

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   Most of the examples above involve phrasal movement. Head movement, in contrast, occurs when just the head of a phrase moves, and the head leaves behind its dependents. Subject-auxiliary inversion is a canonical instance of head movement: a. Someone has read the article. b. Has someone ___ read the article? - Head movement of the auxiliary verb ...