1、当主语在谓语前出现时叫顺序(the natural order)。在某些情况下,我们可以把谓语成分放在主语前面,这种词序叫做倒装( the inverted order)。倒装分两种:配合语法条例的倒装,叫“grammatical inversion”;配合强调语势的叫“emphatic inversion”。语法上的倒装句是强制性的,包括下列 7 种:1、疑问句,如:Can you do it?How old are you?When did you know him?Why did you elect him as captain?Which of these apples do you
2、prefer?但疑问代词做主语时,不必倒置,如:Who is your English teacher?What happened last night? 2、表示“愿望”的句子,如:May God bless you.Long live the king! 3、“There”引导的句子,如:There are many cars on the road.There stand some big trees near the river.There is a security guard outside the bank. 4、感叹句,如:How beautiful the flower is
3、!What a smart boy you are! 5、有连接词“so, neither, nor”的句子,如:Tom can ride a bicycle; so can I.She cant sing; neither can he.John has never been late; nor have I. 6、省略连词“if”的条件副词分句,如:Were I you, I would not do such a thing.Should the machine break down again, send it back to us.Had you worked harder, you
4、 would have passed. 7、“as, however”连接的让步副词分句,如:Small as the pen is, it is a powerful weapon.However busy you are, you should spend some time reading Zaobao weekly.谈过了语法上的倒装句,现在谈强调的倒装句。Never have I seen such a wicked man.On no account must this employee be removed.Not until he told me had I heard anything of it.No sooner had I left than the rain came.Up jumped the puppy.In came John.Down fell the rotten branches from the tree.Out came a woman and her maid.