English Grammar

No sooner had the German pilot caught sight of the soviet plane

than began to fire.

Hardly had we started when it began to rain.

They did not come to the meeting.Nor did they telephone the sec-

ratery.

10.Adverbial modifiers of amnner expressed by adverbs open the sentence,

e.g. Loudly and cheerfully did the children greet him.Calmly and attentively did they listen to his story.

11.So followed by an adverbial modifier opens the sentence,

e.g. So loudly did he speak that everybody could hear him.

So perfectly did he do his work that it won the prize.

12.In vivid speech when the sentence begins with an adverb of direction:

in,out,away,down (if the subject is expressed by a noun),

e.g. Out came the chaise.

In rushed the others.

Off went the gun.

BUT: Down he rushed. (The subject is expressed by a pronoun)

13.When an object or an adverbial modifier expressed by a word-group with

anot a ...,many a ... opens the sentence,

e.g. Not a single mistake did he make.

Many a sleepless night did she spend.

14.When a predicative ( sometimes preceded by so or expressed by such)

opens the sentence ( if the subject is expressed by a noun),

e.g. So cold was the night that they amde a fire.

Bright and sunny was the morning when we started.

Such were the events of the day !