David Barrow scripsit:
> Clauses starting with negative adverbs, little, only, so, also have
> inversion of auxiliary so they also keep the SVO order
>
> Never did she want what would happen auxVSVO
> little can she know...
> only with difficulty has he understood.
> so carefully would she work that....
But all these forms are literary/archaic.
> True variation from SVO happens in
> a) clauses starting with place expressions are VS(O)* so do not lend do
> does did for simple tenses as in questions and negative adverb clauses
>
> over the hill lies a small village
> here are the books I wanted
> here comes Peter
The first of these is literary/archaic also.
> that I can see, but I don't agree with it
> him I know, but I don't know her
These both come across as Yinglish to me.
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