Inversion and emphasis
Inversion flips the usual word order to add emphasis and a formal, literary tone — ‘Never have I seen…’, ‘Not only… but also’. These advanced lessons show how negative and limiting adverbials trigger inversion, and when this high-register structure genuinely strengthens your writing and speech.
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