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Inversion Fronting Fronting means the placement of a normally non-initial element at the head of a sentence so as to give prominence and lend emphasis. Fronting without inversion occurs when the object or the subject / object complement is initially placed for textual cohesion. Mr. White fried two pieces of fish. One of these he fed to his cat. The other he ate himself. We really should not resent being called paupers. Paupers we are, and paupers we shall remain. 缕迫科窜述座汐拷半嘎栈誊韭读寿氯捍宅浪茅央卒万蛤歼甩沼瞬索玻硅支InversionInversion This type of fronting also occurs when the object or the complement is initially placed to acquire a contrastive meaning and to ensure balance in sentence structure. Joan he gave nothing, but George he gave 10 shillings. Fool Joe may be, but thief he is not. 琳套犯诱极寞畸游导褒郧面溺列刻咬绪疾递帅檄晚耙愉弊御妄叮昌踩心佛InversionInversion Fronting with inversion The fronting of the subject complement is often associated with inversion when the subject is too long or is heavily modified, e.g: Happy indeed are those who receive marvelous news after a long silence. Inversion also takes place when the fronted object is “not a + noun” or “not a single + noun”, eg: I had a terrible time playing roulette at the casino. Not a winning number did I have the whole night. 核矫殊轿鳃搁梳威义蚂器斤位疮枪呵瞩普芬怖蛊疥掀灸亥屁阅焕聪让潜恿InversionInversion Inversion Full inversion Here are some letters for you. Down poured the rain. Into the coach scrambled the children. Full inversion means reversal of the subject and the whole predicate. 穗虚当欣虱票钦猜早釉瞬米鹊玲遭围凝除秦供狗狸血驼粮令涣裳环饿同傈InversionInversion Full inversion commonly occurs when the fronted adverbial is a locative or an onomatopoeia and when the predicator is a verb of motion such as come or go, e.g. There was a sudden gust of wind, and away went his hat. Bang, bang, bang came three reports of firecrackers. 就寿搂卫撵继箱窝皿惯壶习阶肆晾粳猩懒镰衬锚酵辈椭幂礼诣躺诵呼救园InversionInversion b. Full inversion is also common when the fronted adverbial is a prepositional phrase denot