Questions tagged [subject-auxiliary-inversion]
For questions about sentences where an auxiliary verb has been moved to a spot before the subject. Also called subject-operator inversion.
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Only when ....verb
Which one of the following sentences is correct? and why?
"The protocol ensures that only when all the clients agree can the server compute the result."
"The protocol ensures that only when all the ...
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only when qualities outweigh the dangers does
I am confused when analysing the sentence below, especially the grammatical structure.
He emphasized that only when the positive qualities outweigh the dangers does healthy psychosocial development ...
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How should I phrase question sentences?
What are you doing?
What you are doing?
Are both sentences correct? If so, then what is the difference between them?
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At what time I should / should I come tomorrow?
Which of the following sentences is correct?
At what time I should come tomorrow?
At what time should I come tomorrow?
I'd like to know where I should put the word should.
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Use "does" in front of another verb in a question?
What time does sound good to you?
What time sounds good to you?
Is there a difference?
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Difference between "which are you" and "which you are"
What is the difference between these two sentences?
Which bike are you using?
Which bike you are using?
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"What did he say?" or "What he said?"
1) 'What did he say?'
2) 'What he said?'
I am much confused about these terms please anybody explain
which one is correct and which I should use?
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Can I have two tensed verbs in a question?
Which of these sentences is correct ?
Is taking all your stuffs along with you is clumsy and annoying?
Is taking all your stuffs along with you clumsy and annoying?
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asking Question by " How"
which one is correct?
How similes have been translated by different translators in this Text?
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How do similes have been translated by different translators in this text?
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Is 'poltroon' omitted after the word 'made'?
Here's a sample from 'Jane Eyre':
I now stood in the empty hall; before me was the breakfast-room door, and I stopped, intimidated and trembling. What a miserable little poltroon had fear, ...
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