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Inversion in "only [adverb] have they"
Inversion in "Only when the virus introduces its nucleic acid into a cell does disease occur"

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Only by being forced to defend an idea against the doubts and contrasting views of others does one really discover the value of that idea.

Only by being forced to defend an idea against the doubts and contrasting views of others does one really discoverWhat is the valuefunction of "does" in that idea.sentence?

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asked Apr 6, 2015 at 14:07

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What is the function of "do" in the following sentence?

Only by being forced to defend an idea against the doubts and contrasting views of others does one really discover the value of that idea.

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