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Going by the roadside , he was hit by a car.
OR
He going by the roadside was hit by a car.
Sometimes to emphasise a particular action in a sentence, verb, helping verb and adverb are used in the beginning of the sentence before its subject. This is called Inversion.
Words or adverbs like Hardly, Scarcely, never, Not, Either..or, neither ..nor, Not only.. but also, No sooner ....than etc., when used before subject, take inversion with them.
But there is no need of inversion when these are used in the middle of the sentence in normal form of the sentence.
For example :
In case of either..or and neither.. nor or Not.. not, neither etc
there is inversion.
She does not know him nor her mother does.
12. No sooner she saw a lizard on the wall than she started crying.
13. Down the building went like a pack of cards.
14. So far the old man went that he was not visible to us.
15. So well planned the arrangement was that the guests did not feel any difficulty in staying there.
1. Never I have read such a beautiful book as this.
In this sentence , I is subject, Have read is verb and never is adverb. But to put emphasis on the action, Never has been shifted to the position before Subject in the beginning of the sentence. For this change inversion is required. This sentence should be -
Never have I read such a beautiful book as this.
This sentence is similar to that at Sr. no. 1. This sentence will be
Never has she gone to see her parents living in the village.
3. Not only he helped him with money but also he gave him food.
In this sentence, adverb Not has been used in the beginning of the sentence before subject. For this inversion of verb 'helped' is required. 'Helped' will break into 'Help' and 'Did'. The sentence will be - Not only did he help me with money but also he gave me food.
4. Seldom he visits them to enquire about their welfare.
In simple form this sentence is -
He seldom visits them to enquire about their welfare.
But adverb 'seldom' is used in the beginning of the sentence before Subject to put emphasis on the action. For this inversion is required.
Seldom does he visit them to enquire about their welfare.
5. He did not attend the meeting today nor his friend did.
This sentence describes activities of two persons. So 'He' and 'His friend' are Subjects of two parts of the sentence.
He did not attend the meeting is the sentence in simple form but the other part with 'nor' before subject 'his friend' requires inversion. This part will be 'nor did his friend.'
6. His friend did not attend the office today neither he did.
This sentence is similar to that at Sr. no 5. There are two Subjects, 'His friend' and 'he'. First part of the sentence in simple form is correct but the part with 'neither' requires inversion. It should be 'neither did he.'
7. No sooner the child saw the dog it started crying.
This sentence in its simple form is 'The child no sooner saw the dog it started crying.' But with 'no sooner' before subject, inversion is required in the sentence. It will be -
No sooner did the child see the dog it started crying.
8. He does not like sweets nor his brother does.
This sentence is similar to that at Sr, no 5. It will be -
He does not like sweets nor does his brother.
9. So difficult was the question that no student could solve it.
In its simple form this sentence is -
The question was so difficult that no student could solve it.
But with 'so difficult' before subject, inversion is required in the sentence. This sentence is correct as 'was' has been used before subject.
10.Gone the days are when the children used to play outdoor games.
This sentence in its simple form is-
The days are gone when the children used to play outdoor games.
With verb 'gone' used before subject, inversion is required. It will be
Gone are the days when children used to play outdoor games.
11.So happy was she on his son's success that she could hardly utter a word even.
This sentence in its simple form is -She was so happy on his son's success that she could hardly utter a word even. But with inversion it will be - So happy was she on his son's success that she could hardly utter a word even.
12. No sooner she saw a lizard on the wall than she started crying.
With 'No sooner' in the beginning of the sentence before subject inversion is required in this sentence. It will be-
No sooner did she see a lizard on the wall than she started crying.
13. Down the building went like a pack of cards.
In this sentence verb 'down' is used in the beginning of the sentence before subject. Inversion is required for this. This sentence will be -
Down went the building like a pack of cards.
14. So far the old man went that he was not visible to us.
This sentence in its simple form is -The old man went so far that he was not visible to us.
But with 'so far' in the beginning of the sentence, inversion is required. This sentence will be -
So far went the old man that he was not visible to us.
15. So well planned the arrangement was that the guests did not feel any difficulty while staying there.
In its simple form this sentence is -
The arrangement was so well planned that the guests did not feel any difficulty while staying there. But with verb and adverb shifting to the beginning of sentence before subject, inversion is required in the sentence. This sentence will be -
So well planned was the arrangement that the guests did not feel any difficulty while staying there.
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