Dopo negative adverbials
Dopo alcuni
avverbi ed espressioni quali
never, nowhere,
not for one minute, not since, not until, never again,
rarely.
Più usato nell’inglese scritto ma anche a volte nell’inglese
formale.
Never
had I felt
so happy
Nowhere
will you find
a better place to relax
Nothing
do I love
more then reading before going to sleep
Not until the 1990′s
did he discover
the perfect vehicle for his revolution
Rarely
do you see
women wearing fancy hats to parties or other gatherings
In alcuni schemi
Hardly
had he began
to speak when the majority
of the guests departed.
[Non appena iniziò a parlare la maggior parte degli
ospiti se ne andò.]
No sooner
had I put the
phone down than it rang again.
Little
did I know
that love would bring you to my door.
Dopo alcune espressioni con Only e No
Only when you accept
that you need proper exercise
will you achieve weight loss success.
Not only
do you burn
calories while exercising, but also your
metabolism increases…
At no time
was I given
any explanation.
“Let me be clear, in no way
do I think
John McCain’s campaign was being racist,’” Obama said.
On no account
will you be asked
to transmit these data or personal data such as name,
address or account number by e-mail.
Approfondimenti
Per ribadire il concetto e per una migliore comprensione della lezione ecco alcune Negative Inversions classificate a seconda della frase che le introduce…
In no way
In no way
could this
person be considered a man.
In no way
was I making
fun of any ethnicity
In no way
am I blaming
the military for anything.
Little
Little
did he suspect
that this would have been one of the
greatest mistakes he ever did in his life.
Little
does he suspect
that I could solve his problem with a word.
Little
could I know
that all the time, it was not me he desired, but my sister!
Never before
Never before
do I remember
seeing a meteor.
Never before
have I been so moved
by a play.
Never before
had he imagined
the world to be so big.
Never again
Never again
will I knock
on your door.
Never again
will you let me down.
Never again
am I buying
anything form this brand.
No sooner… than
No sooner had we landed, than I was given the happy news.
No sooner
does man discover
intelligence than he tries to involve it in
his own stupidity.
Jacques Yves Cousteau
No sooner
will you press
ENTER than service information will begin to fill the
screen.
Nothing, not for nothing
Nothing
do I love
more than lying on my bed.
“What did you see looking through the keyhole?” “Nothing
did I see.”
Not for nothing
have I got a
brother-in-law who cooks professionally.
Not until
Not until
does Scully
actually find Mulder “dead” does she start
to accept the fact that he is dead.
Not until
do people lose
their health they know the value of it.
Not until
can you prove
to me.
Not only… but also…
Not only
is gender
discrimination emphatically declared to be against
the law, but also other distinctions such
as … are considered illegal.
Not only
do people use
it incorrectly, but also some people use it
too often.
Not only
do I like
pizza, but I like lasagna, too.
Nowhere
Nowhere
will you find
a more wretched hive of scum and villany.
Nowhere
will I find a
friend so true.
Nowhere
would I dream
of raising an objection to that so I’m not sure where you
got that idea from.
Rarely
Rarely
do I repeat
mistakes.
Rarely
does a bad attitude
solve the problem.
Rarely
did he raise
his voice. He was a patient man.