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Australia: The new continent : Canberra, the capital!

Australia: The new continent : Canberra, the capital!. By Voyager . Public domain. Inversion in English. Auxiliary Modal verb. +. Subject. +. (Main verb). E.g. Seldom had Paco travelled so long before. Inversion in English. Normal use: To give emphasis. Inversion in English.

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Australia: The new continent : Canberra, the capital!

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  1. Australia: The new continent: Canberra, the capital! By Voyager. Public domain

  2. Inversion in English Auxiliary Modal verb + Subject + (Main verb) E.g. Seldomhad Paco travelledso long before.

  3. Inversion in English Normal use: To give emphasis

  4. Inversion in English • After negative adverbial expressions: • ▪ Under no circumstancescan Paco say he has seen better libraries. • After adverbial expressions of place: • ▪ Round the cornerwas the National Library of Australia. • After seldom, rarely, never, in comparisons: • ▪ Rarely did he go to a library but the one at the university. • Afterhardly, scarcely, no sooner,when one thing happens after another. • ▪ Hardly had he begun to walk when he got lost. • After adverbial expressions beginning with 'only' and 'not only'. • ▪ Not onlydid he know where to go but also what to do. • Afterexclamationswithhereandthere. • ▪ Here comes Paco! • Conditionals: • ▪ Had Paco known that before he would have taken a plane (If Paco had known that before...)

  5. Multi-wordverbs verbs followed by a particle or two particles (adverb, preposition or adverb and preposition) which function as single verbs

  6. Multi-word verbs

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