EMPHASIS PART 1
EMPHASIS USING NEGATIVE INTRODUCTORY EXPRESSIONS
The following expressions can be placed first in a sentence for emphasis. The subject and
verb are then inverted. We use DO/DOES/DID if there is no auxiliary.
No soonerthan; barely/hardlywhen
As soon as he had got the job, he asked for a pay rise
No sooner had he got the
job than he asked for a pay rise
I had hardly got through the door when the phone rang Hardly had I got through
the door when the phone rang.
PRACTICE
A. REWRITE THESE SENTENCES TO MAKE THEM MORE EMPHATIC, STARTING WITH
THE EXPRESSIONS IN BRACKETS. MAKE ANY CHANGES NECESSARY.
1. We will not enter into correspondence with competitors under any circumstances.
(Under no circumstances)
CAE - Emphasis
( On no account)
5. You dont often get the opportunity to visit such a remote place.
(Rarely)
7. They are only now beginning to realise what a mistake they made.
(Only now)
9. I had just dropped off to sleep, when there was a knock at the door.
(No sooner than)
CAE - Emphasis
10.I refuse to go to the party wearing that!
(No way)