Inversion dan Pengertiannya
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Pada postingan kali ini saya akan memberikan penjelasan tentang inversion.
Inversion adalah membuat kalimat
dengan mendahulukan verb sebelum subject tapi bukan kata tanya.
Pada umumnya inversion digunakan
untuk menekankan atau memberi special efek pada suatu kalimat walaupun
kalimatnya akan terdengar lebih tidak biasa.
Dan pada kegiatan sehari-hari
kalimatnya tidak perlu menggunakan inversion.
Contoh :
Example 1 : I have never seen such a beautiful rose.
Example 2 : Never have I seen such a beautiful rose.
Pada example 2 inversion digunakan untuk menekankan (emphasise) atau memberi
efek pada ungkapan kalimat bahwa seumur hidup kita belum pernah melihat bunga
rose yang secantik itu. Jadi kita perlu penekanan.
In normal everyday English,
inversion is used :
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- To make questions : Does he? Can
you?
- After 'so' 'neither', 'nor' :
So do I, neither do I,
nor do I.
In written English, as well as in
a very formal style, inversion can be used in the following cases :
- After negative adverbial
expressions :
- Under no circumstances can
we accept credit cards.
- In no way can he be
held responsible.
- At no time did she say she
would come.
- Not until I heard my name did
I believe I had won the race.
- After adverbial expressions
of place :
- Round the corner came the
postman.
- On the doorstep was a
bunch of flowers.
- After 'seldom', 'rarely',
'never', and 'little' :
- Seldom have I seen such a
beautiful view.
- Rarely did he pay anyone a
compliment.
- Never had I felt so happy.
- Little did he imagine how
dangerous it would be.
- After 'hardly', 'scarcely',
'no sooner', when one thing happens after another.
- Hardly had I begun to speak when I was
interrupted.
- Scarcely had we started our meal when the phone
rang.
- No sooner had I arrived than they all started to
argue.
- After adverbial expressions
beginning with 'only' and 'not only' :
- Only after the meeting did I
realize the importance of the subject.
- Only when the plane landed
safely did he calm down.
- Not only was the car slow, it was also very
uncomfortable.
- Conditionals with inversions
In conditional sentences we can sometimes replace the 'if' with an
inversion:
- Had I known it would be so difficult I
would never have enrolled.
- After exclamations with
'here' and 'there' :
- Here comes the winner!
- There goes all our money!
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