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Comparative degree Adj + -er +  than + PP Adj + -er + than + clause  more + adj + than + AdvG less + adj + than + clause more + adj. + than + -ing clause

  Inversion After Negative Words and Phrases We use inversion after negative adverbs such as never and nowhere when they are placed in front position for emphasis. We put the subject after an auxiliary verb (be, do, have) or a modal.                         Negative Adverbial + Auxiliary/Modal + S + Verb I have never heard such nonsense ---> Never have I heard such nonsense. The couldn't find a bottle opener anywhere ---> Nowhere could they find a bottle opener No sooner had I woken up each morning than I would see a smiling face and hear a child's giggle that would melt my heart. Never before have I seen such enthusiasm and excitement. Not until the end of the holiday did we realise how attached we had become to them. We also use inversion after negative phrases with no and not in front position. You shouldn't go under any circumstances ---> Under no circumstances should you go. I didn't reali...

A grammatical unit which resembles a clause, except that it lacks a verb phrase. Verbless clauses are often clauses from which the verb be has been omitted by ellipsis (Leech, 2006) Verbless clause contain no verb element, and often no subject. Verbless clause are regarded as clauses because they function like finite and non-finite clauses and because they can be analysed in terms of one or more clause element. We can usually assume that a form of the verb has been omitted. Traditionally structure of this kind have been called free adjuncts without verbal form.  Verbless Clause as Complement of PP with/without --->  non-finite/verbless although/if/once/while ---> finite/non finite/verbless Finite               : While I was working in Jakarta, I lived with them Participial      : While working in Jakarta, I lived with them Verbless         : While in Jakarta , I lived with them Finite  ...