Inversion
Inverze/změna slovosledu

Not only can inversion be used to form questions and conditional sentences, but also it can used for emphasis.

All these structures are rather literary, which means there are more likely to appear in books.

Inversion sometimes takes place with certain adverbs and adverbial phrases, mostly with a negative or restrictive sense. Such adverbs (adverbial phrases) can be placed first in a sentence or clause for emphasis. They are then followed by the interrogative (i.e. inverted ) form of the verb.

The most important of these adverbs are:

•   hardly ever
•   never
•   scarcely ever
•   only by
•   in no circumstances
•   only in this way
•   on no account
•   hardly . . . when
•   only then/when
•   no sooner . . . than
•   scarcely . . . when
•   not only
•   seldom
•   nowhere
•   not till
•   so
•   neither/nor