Re: REPLY if you see this: A test

From: "Christophe Grandsire" <christophe.grandsire@...>
Subject: Re: REPLY if you see this: A test


> Not only they are, but I've received some of your mails more than once.
I've been trying to think up an example like this for days, and this just
dropped out of the blue.  Well, it dropped from the mouth of Christophe, but
that's not the point.  As a native English speaker, "Not only they are..."
sounds terrible, whereas "Not only are they..." sounds just fine.  Either
way I'd use a second clause that is more in line with this, but again, not
my point.

What I'm wondering is this: Am I seeing some remnant of V2 structure here?
It seems like the verb has to be the second piece, after the "not only"
phrase, but it just seems right.  Any thoughts?

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