Emphasis and fronting
Emphasis and fronting
I do like it. Such was his anger… Only then did I realise. Emphasis through do/does/did, so/such, only + adv and fronting — C1 precision.
Emphatic do / does / did
👉 Add the auxiliary to stress a verb:
I do like your dress! (= I really do)
She does speak good English.
He did tell me, I just forgot.
👉 Also in imperatives: Do sit down. Do come in.
so / such…that and fronting
so + adj + that: It was so cold that we stayed inside.
such + noun + that: It was such a good film that we watched it twice.
👉 Fronting = move the important part first: What I need is a holiday. That I’ll never forget.
👉 With so/such at the front → inversion: So intense was the heat that we couldn’t move.
only + adverb → inversion
👉 When only + time/place opens the sentence, invert:
Only then did I realise my mistake.
Only later did she find out the truth.
Only in this way can we solve the problem.
👉 Compare: I realised it only then. (normal order, less dramatic)
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