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C1 Advanced word order

La regola

C1 word order uses elegant fronting, clefting, and subject-auxiliary inversion to manipulate topic focus and prose rhythm.

Ricorda

  • Front restrictive adverbs such as only by or in vain to trigger main clause inversion.
  • Use it-clefts (It was X that...) to isolate and stress specific clause components.
  • Place heavy nominalized clauses at the end of the sentence to preserve clear weight balance.

Trappola comune da evitare

Fronting an adverbial phrase does not force inversion unless the phrase is negative or restrictive.

Mettiti alla prova

Analyze formal literary or analytical prose to identify fronted structures, then practise.

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