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  • Inversion in other expressions:

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    Many other negative and affirmative sentences use inversion. 1. Affirmative and negative agreement: only after so, nor, neither but not in the cases of either and too.  Examples: Alex went to the club, and so did his brother. Alex went to the club, and Jenny did too. (No inversion) Robert hasn’t reached yet, neither has his companion. Robert hasn’t reached yet; Robin hasn’t either.…

  • Inversion in questions:

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    Almost all forms of interrogative sentences (without subject questions and embedded questions) use inversion. These sentences always place the auxiliary verb before the subject. Example: Is he going to the club? Did he go to the club? Where is the club? Who is that guy standing there? (No inversion for it is a subject question)

  • Inversion: Definition

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    Inversion of the verb before the subject is a common phenomenon in English sentences. The natural order of English sentences is (subject + verb + . . . .) but sometimes it becomes (verb + subject). Inversion is most common with question form of the sentences. However, there are few other circumstances where inversion of subject and verb…

  • Modal verbs

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    Modal verbs are verbs that act like auxiliary verbs. For example: can, could, be able to, may, might, shall, should, must, have to, will, would, etc. Example: I will go.-Will I go? She should leave now.-Should she leave now? The modal verbs act like an auxiliary, and they invert with the subject to make a…

  • In tag question

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    Example:  You want a bike, don’t you? We are using dummy ‘do’ in this tag question because there is no auxiliary verb in this sentence. So we are adding an auxiliary as well as ‘not’ because the tag question usually has to be opposite to the actual sentence (if the question is positive, the tag…

  • Have:

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    In UK/ England, the same rule works with the verb ‘have’ also. So when we say I have a dream. -Have I a dream? (Question) Or, Do I have a dream? (Question) -I have not a dream/ I haven’t a dream/ I don’t have a dream. (Negative) So there are only two exceptions to the…

  • Be:

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    Example: You are rich (are=be verb).To make it negative, we can say-You are not rich/ You aren’t rich. But we can’t say say-You don’t are rich. Similarly to make a question, we can say-Are you rich? But we can’t say, -Do you are rich? So instead of adding an auxiliary ‘do’ with the verb ‘be’, we…

  • Do-insertion or Do-support

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    In English grammar, ‘do-insertion’ or ‘do-support’ refers to the use of the auxiliary verb ‘do’, including its reflected forms ‘does’ and ‘did’. There are some common uses of do-insertion which are described below. To ask a question: We consider a sentence, “You want money”.Here, ‘you’ is the subject, ‘want’ is the verb and ‘money’ is…

  • Possessive Case

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    Possessive cases indicate a relationship of possession or belongingness between two nouns or a noun and a pronoun. Example: Robin’s house is near the river. (Two nouns related in the basis of possession.) His brother lives in the city. (A pronoun and a noun) My family does not approve this. Shaun’s wife has passed away. Note: The…

  • Objective Case

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    When a noun or a pronoun works as an object in the sentence, an objective case appears. Example: Robert does not eat burgers. He loves pizza. Robert told me that. Alex follows Robert.