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A quote from Mel Robbins' book (The five second rule):
“Only through action have I unlocked the power inside of me to become the person that I have always wanted to be“
why did she say (have I unlocked) and not (I have unlocked) since it’s not a question?
PS: I am an ESL student.
We can use inversion in a statement for poetical, dramatic, or emphatic purposes, or to be very formal.
Never had I met someone so interesting (instead of 'I had never met someone so interesting').
Hardly ever have I eaten snake meat (instead of 'I have hardly ever eaten snake meat).
To invert a sentence move the adverbial to the beginning of the sentence and invert the subject and auxiliary verb.
