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Inversion of negative adverbs

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    We can use an adverb with negative meaning (e.g. never, seldom, rarely, scarcely, hardly) in front position for emphasis. Try to invert the following sentences
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  • I had never met someone so interesting.
    Never had I met someone so interesting.
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  • He won't often go to work.
    Not often will he go to work.
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  • She hasn't seen him anywhere.
    Nowhere has she seen him.
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  • I rarely go outside.
    Rarely do I go outside.
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  • They don't ever know what to do.
    Never do they know what to do.
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  • She seldom worked very hard.
    Seldom did she work very hard.
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  • I didn’t know what to do until I saw what had happened.
    Not until I saw what had happened did I know what to do.
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  • We would understand what had happened that night only later.
    Only later would we understand what had happened that night.
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  • They had met such rude people nowhere before.
    Nowhere had they met such rude people before.
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  • He understood little about the situation.
    Little did he understand about the situation.
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  • The children should on no account go on their own.
    On no account should the children go on their own.
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