否定詞用于句首時,句子應進行部分倒裝
否定詞常用的有：
Not only…(but also), 　　　　　　　Not until(直到…..才),
No sooner….(than)(一…..就) Never/ Rarely/Seldom
Hardly/Scarcely… (when) Few/Little
Neither/Nor (也不)　　　　　　　 Nwhere
At no time　　　　　　　 Under no circumstances(決不)
On no account (決不)　　　　　　　In no way
其中not only, no sooner, hardly, scarcely 分別和but (also), than, when搭配使用,需注意：后一組詞之后的部分不進行倒裝,只有否定詞之后的部分倒裝
如：Hardly had I arrived home when it began to rain.
? ? ?Not only was he able to enter the final round of the contest, but he came out first as well.
? ? ?No sooner had I got any chance to speak than the clerk slammed the door in my face.
? ? ?Seldom does he travel about.
? ? ?Under no circumstances should you betray your own did he get some tickets in the end.
當句子沒有賓語,且主語偏長時,往往將句中作狀語的介詞短語或作表語的形容詞短語或作表語的分詞短語提至句首,引起主謂的全部倒裝
如：In the middle of the river floated the cluster of plants that she had cast.
? ? ?Characteristic of an anarchist was her strong opposition to the government, which she had blamed for all the social injustices.
? ? ?Lying on the grassland is a pretty girl in her early twenties.