| Question 31: When shall I use inversion? Answer: Inversion of subject and verb occurs under the following circumstances: 1). When a sentence begins with there: E.g. There is no basis for this complaint. 2). When a sentence begins with a prepositional phrase: E.g. On the corner stood a police officer. 3). When a sentence begins with "negative" word or expression such as never, hardly, seldom, rarely, barely, scarcely, not only, at no time, nowhere, etc: E.g. Never has the world faced so many problems. 4). When a sentence begins with only: E.g. Only once was John late to class. 5). When an adverb such as down, in, out, up is placed at the beginning of the sentence, the verb is placed before the subject if the subject is a noun: E.g. Down came the rain. 问题31: 什么时候应该用倒装? 回答: 以下情况, 主语和谓语要倒装： 1). 句子以there开头： 例：There is no basis for this complaint. 2). 句子以介词短语开头： 例：On the corner stood a police officer. 3). 句子以否定词或never, hardly, seldom, rarely, barely, scarcely, not only, at no time, nowhere等开头： 例：Never has the world faced so many problems. 4). 句子以only开头： 例：Only once was John late to class. 5). 句子以down, in, out, up开头，如果主语是名词，动词放在该名词前： 例：Down came the rain. |
31: 什么时候应该用倒装?
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