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Twilight
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by Twilight » Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:00 pm
Ciao! I found this example phrase from the "bbc learning english" website:
In no way will I agree to sharing an office with Ben
There are other phrases in which the order of the subject and the verb is inverted although it isn't a question (I've seen "has+subject+pparticiple).
Why is it correct? What's the difference with "in no way I will agree to sharing an office with Ben" ?
Thank you

Claudietto
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-Luca-
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by -Luca- » Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:15 pm
Ehi Twilight, domani grande uscita, vai a vedere il film ?

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Twilight
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by Twilight » Wed Nov 16, 2011 1:43 am
uhauhauhauh no! Il Twilight a cui i ispira il mio nick è questo

Claudietto
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Geoff
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by Geoff » Wed Nov 16, 2011 9:16 am
Twilight wrote:Ciao! I found this example phrase from the "bbc learning english" website:
In no way will I agree to sharing an office with Ben
There are other phrases in which the order of the subject and the verb is inverted although it isn't a question (I've seen "has+subject+pparticiple).
Why is it correct? What's the difference with "in no way I will agree to sharing an office with Ben" ?
Thank you

It is done for emphasis. It stresses the absolute certainty that you will not agree.
The alternative "in no way I will agree to sharing an office with Ben" does not sound right. I can't supply a reason in terms of grammatical rules but I would instead say "there is no way I will agree ...".
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Peter
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by Peter » Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:35 am
Claudietto
Like Geoff I am uncertain about the grammar rules here, but having done one or two checks, it seems that
in no way is considered an adverbial phrase (frase avverbiale?), and as such I do not think it can be followed immediately by the subject pronoun
(I). As Geoff says,
in no way I will agree... does not sound correct; indeed it sounds totally wrong!
I agree with what Geoff has said about emphasis and also his alternative wording.
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by Twilight » Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:55 am
Ok, grazie per la risposta! I've seen this emphatic form elsewhere, maybe in some fiction books
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