(2026th of a series)Inversion is a sentence pattern that purposively disrupts the usual declarative form to achieve emphasis and better sentence transitions. It puts a prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, adjectival phrase, or participial phrase at the beginning of the sentence — ahead of its subject — then puts an intransitive verb after it. Frontlining adverbial complements is actually the same process as coming up with a “feature element” in a sentence; the adverb phrase “featurizes” otherwise normal S-V/C sentences to make them more interesting to read. Aside from frontlining adverbial complements, there are four more pragmatic inversion schemes for featurizing sentences. To fully appreciate their semantic value, imagine the examples of inverted sentences given below as being preceded by normal S-V/C sentences.

Source: Manila Times December 31, 2020 01:30 UTC