INVERTING THE SUBJECT AND VERB WITH PLACE EXPRESSIONS
In English, the subject and the verb sometimes can be inverted. This could be happened with single words expressing place (here, there, or nowhere.)
Here is the book that you lent me.
There are the keys that I thought I lost.
Nowhere have I seen such beautiful weather.
Look at the examples above. In the first example above, the place word here causes the subject book to come after the verb is.
In the second example the place word there causes the subject keys to come after the verb are.
In the last example, the place word nowhere causes the subject I to come after
the verb have.
The subject and verb can also be inverted after prepositional phrases expressing place. Look at the example below:
In the closet are the clothes that you want.
Around the corner is Sam’s house.
Beyond the mountains lies the town where you will live.
In the first example, the prepositional phrase of place in the closet causes the subject clothes to come after the verb are.
Now look at the second example. There is a prepositional phrase of place around the corner. It causes the subject house to come after the verb is.
In third example, the prepositional phrase of place beyond the mountains causes the subject town to come after the verb lies.
Although it is a little bit difficult, it is very important for you to understand that the subject and verb will invert after place expressions at the beginning of a sentence only when the place expression is necessary to complete the sentence.
If you are not sure, Please study these examples below:
In the forest are many exotic birds.
In the forest I walked for many hours.
Have you find something, eh? Have you find the difference between them? I hope you found it. :D
Now, look it again. In the first sentence above, the subject birds and verb are are inverted. Why can? The answer is because the place expression in the forest is needed to complete the idea many exotic birds are......
In the second example the subject I and the verb walked are not inverted because the idea I walked for many hours is complete without the place expression in the forest. The place expression is therefore not needed to complete the sentence.
Now I will show you a different example. The following example shows how this pattern could be tested:
The example above begins with the place expression on the second level of the parking lot.
Please understand that it consists of two prepositional phrases, on the second level and of the parking lot.
To be a complete sentence, this sentence needs a subject and a verb.
The best Answer is answer (D)
Analysis:
· Answer (C) and (D) contain both a subject stalls and the verb are. The subject and verb should be inverted because the place expression is necessary to complete the idea some empty stalls are.... So, the best answer is (D). Authoritative Parenting is the most popular parenting.
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