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Expression: "Only then was I able to understand the situation"



 
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Problem with the comma between two independent clauses | The correct use of "Ones"
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Expression: "Only then was I able to understand the situation" #1 (permalink) Thu Jan 11, 2007 13:14 pm   Expression: "Only then was I able to understand the situation"
 

Hi

Could you please tell me if both of my sentences are correct?

1- Only then was I able to understand the situation.
2- Only then I was able to understand the situation.

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Expression: "Only then was I able to understand the situation" #2 (permalink) Thu Jan 11, 2007 13:42 pm   Expression: "Only then was I able to understand the situation"
 

Only the first one sounds correct to me, Tom.
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Expression: "Only then was I able to understand the situation" #3 (permalink) Thu Jan 11, 2007 14:05 pm   Expression: "Only then was I able to understand the situation"
 

Hi Tom,

Here is the thread of yours:

Expression requiring inversion: 'By no means, for example!'
http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic13996.html
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Expression: "Only then was I able to understand the situation" #4 (permalink) Thu Jan 11, 2007 18:54 pm   Expression: "Only then was I able to understand the situation"
 

Hi Tom

Your second sentence would only be OK if your intended meaning for "only" was "but". I assume that was not what you intended, however.

Beginning a sentence with "only then" generally requires inversion of the subject and verb.

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