When a negative adverb (or adverbial phrase) is placed at the beginning of a sentence, we exchange the normal placement of subject and verb.
Why is that?
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Related and probable duplicate of at least one or another of: english.stackexchange.com/q/96620 english.stackexchange.com/q/62208 english.stackexchange.com/q/1553 english.stackexchange.com/q/80644 english.stackexchange.com/q/88324 english.stackexchange.com/q/95578– tchrist ♦Commented Mar 18, 2013 at 11:12
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Not only do we invert the auxiliary in negative adverbial phrases, so too do we invert them in a host of other circumstances detailed here.– tchrist ♦Commented Mar 18, 2013 at 11:46
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