inverted word order

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TwoClever/½  #165537  Sat, 03 Dec 05 03:58 AM

Hi

Is anyone aware of a website that explains how and when to use inverted word order in details?

Thank you.

 

  
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CalifJim  #165557  Sat, 03 Dec 05 05:59 AM
Direct questions, sentences that start with a negative phrase or "only", and conditionals without "if" are the only cases that come to mind which trigger subject-verb inversion.  I don't know of a specific website, but I'm sure a little Googling would reveal hundreds of possibilities.

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TwoClever/½  #165889  Sun, 04 Dec 05 03:23 AM
Thank you CJ.
  
Anonymous  #166050  Sun, 04 Dec 05 04:05 PM

. direct question

negative adverbs that begin a sentence

comparison

adv place at the beginning of a sentence

omission if

expressions with'only' that begin a sentence

so, neithe, nor

  
Anonymous  #190811  Mon, 30 Jan 06 03:30 PM

Here's another case where, if not "inverted", then perhaps "backward", word order is used.

Normal word order: Subject, Verb, Place:

"The bus stops here."

Reverse word order: Place, Verb, Subject.

"Here comes the bus!"

"There goes your brother!"

These examples communicate the idea that the speaker sees (or hears?) the subject and wants you to do so, too.  It also sounds like the speaker might be pointing.

"The bus comes here" and "Your brother goes there" sound like generalized statements of habitual, repetitive activities.

I hesitate to call this by the same name used for "Never have I seen" or "Where does he go?”  because it's "There goes your brother.", not "There does go your brother."  I'd like to call this "reverse word order" and the one you all were referring to "question-style word order".

But if it were just "Here comes" and "There goes" sentences where this occurs?  What about examples such as these:

"Near the front entrance is a small bathroom."

"Nestled in coves shores lie several small villages...."  (This from an old TOEFL test.)

"Right over here on your left are some very interesting items"
  
paco2004  #190925  Tue, 31 Jan 06 12:24 AM
 Anonymous wrote:
But if it were just "Here comes" and "There goes" sentences where this occurs? 
What about examples such as these:
"Near the front entrance is a small bathroom."
"Nestled in coves shores lie several small villages...."  (This from an old TOEFL test.)
"Right over here on your left are some very interesting items"
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