Inverted sentence
An inverted sentence is a sentence in a normally subject-first language in which the predicate comes before the subject.
Because there is no object following the verb, the noun phrase after the verb "lived" can be decoded as subject without any problem.
In English, such an inversion often introduces do-support.Examples
after initial negatives:
- Never again will you do that.
- Never a day had she missed her lessons.
- Rarely have I eaten better food.
- Hardly ever does he come to class on time.
- Not until a frog develops lungs does it leave the water and live on the land.
- Not only was Mary famous for helping escaped slaves, but she was also the first African Canadian woman to establish a newspaper.
- Hardly ever have there been so many choices for young people entering the work force as there are today.
- Mourn them do not. Miss them do not.
Inversion after other structures:
