Inversion

two types of inversion:

Subject - Verb inversion

Subject- Auxiliary inversion

Subject- Verb inversion: (4)

1- First/Then/Again/ Next +be/come + S

2- There/Here + V + N

3- ·         Prepositional phrases: expressing place

IN, AROUND, BEYONG, ALONG, UP + V + N

4- expressing direction and movement:

along, away, back, down, in, off, out + V + N

Subject - Auxiliary inversion (7)

1- Adverb of frequency (negative)

never, rarely, seldom,hardly ever + V + N

2- Correlative Pairs

no sooner … than /scarely, barely, hardly… when

3- little + verbs of cognition (realize, know..)

4- Only: after/when/later/then/now/once/ in the las few days

Only by chance/ if/ this way

5- NOT + N/P/C

not until ... / not since/not once/ not for one moment/

 emphatic expressions: not even if .../ not for + noun / not + word (a penny, a word etc.)

6- NO + N/P/C

under no circumstances, on no account, (in) no way, at no time, by no means,Nowhere

7- NOT ONLY … BUT ALSO

inversion with conditional clasues (3)

1- SHOULD

2- WERE + SUBJECT + TO

3- HAD + SUBJECT + PAST PARTICIPLE

inversion with adverbial clause of result

1- so + ADJ/ADV … + THAT

2- such + N/ NP + THAT

3- positive statement + so+ auxiliary + S

4- Neither/nor + auxiliary + S

But for the rain

Had it not been for the rain…

apply inversion:

As soon as he had eaten, he jumped up and began to dance

no sooner had he eaten than he humped and began to dance

somebody opened the windows and papers blew away

away blew the papers when somebody opened the window

but for the rain, the crops would have died

had it not been for the rain, the crops would have died

I would agree to such proposal in no circuntances

under no circunstances would I agree to such proposal

she didn´t suspect that he was going to commite suicide

little did she suspect that he was going to commite suicide