Timeline for Subject predicate inversion due to negation
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| Jun 20, 2016 at 9:32 | answer | added | Dunsanist | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 23, 2016 at 8:10 | answer | added | user176513 | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 1, 2015 at 13:00 | comment | added | user99677 | i've not checked in for a few days, will read answers shortly - thank you for the edits and answers: i was expecting many downvotes !! | |
| Oct 1, 2015 at 11:06 | comment | added | Araucaria - Him | @JohnLawler Ah, you posted that comment while I was writing my answer ... Shucks, could have saved myself some time! | |
| Sep 30, 2015 at 17:11 | comment | added | John Lawler | @Araucaria: The phenomenon is limited to adverbials, which can be fronted optionally. Light tongues is a noun phrase, and the subject of talking aloud. Subjects don't get fronted; they're already front. | |
| Sep 30, 2015 at 16:00 | answer | added | Araucaria - Him | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 30, 2015 at 13:14 | comment | added | Araucaria - Him | @JohnLawler It's not straighforwardly clear, just based on the information given, why this sentence isn't a candidate for inversion. | |
| Sep 30, 2015 at 13:13 | history | edited | Araucaria - Him | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Sep 30, 2015 at 3:12 | comment | added | John Lawler | No, you're not getting the point. If there is an adverb clause or phrase containing a negation that negates the whole sentence, and which appears at the beginning of the sentence, then you have to invert subject and auxiliary. Like At no time did I mention his interest, but not *At no time I mentioned his interest, nor *At no time I did mention his interest. | |
| Sep 30, 2015 at 2:07 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Sep 30, 2015 at 0:53 | history | asked | user99677 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |