By Negatives, Direct questions

Hi, N2G,Besides in indirect questions (the examples previously given), if + will works also to indicate volition (or refusal in its negative form, "if + won't" ) or insistence, and, yes, it can be used at the beginning of a sentence. Here are the links to some other threads where...

Hi Giuseppe, and welcome!The structure you're referring to is called "inversion."Your examples fall into a singular category (that of negative/restrictive expression) which includes other expressions, such as barely, scarcely, hardly, seldom, little, never, under no circumstances,...

There are quite a few idioms where tell is not used exactly the same as in to tell someone something. The following are usually negative and usually followed by an indirect question or a that clause. These mean that something is not obvious or easily seen by the subject of the...

Diamondrg wrote: What about these? 1- I'll take whoever wants to go. (Longman) 2- I'll take who wants to go. 3- I don't know who knows the truth. 4- I don't know whoever knows the truth. What is the rule governing their use? do you think these are all correct? In an earlier thread,...

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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. CJ

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