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word order inversion after 'no circumstances' (must you)



 
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word order inversion after 'no circumstances' (must you) #1 (permalink) Thu Feb 16, 2006 17:21 pm   word order inversion after 'no circumstances' (must you)
 

I do not know the answer for this question :

Under no circumstances ..........press that button .

a)you must b)must you c) you should d)you will

choose the correct answer ,and i will be thoughtful to reason your choose.

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Word order #2 (permalink) Thu Feb 16, 2006 19:03 pm   Word order
 

Hi Emad,

When you begin a sentence with words such as not only/never/hardly and this one Under no circumstances we usually invert the order and write verb+subject. So we would write: Under no circumstances must you ...

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MCQ 1 #3 (permalink) Fri Feb 17, 2006 18:21 pm   MCQ 1
 

Thanks Alan for explaining .

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