虚拟条件句的谓语动词如果是 were, had, should 时,可省略if, 但其谓语须倒装。
Summary:部分倒装的情况如下:
• 1. never, seldom, little, nowhere, no, not • 2. no sooner…than, hardly/scarcely…when • 3. in no way, at no time, by no means, in no case • 4. not only…but also • 5. so, neither, nor • 6. not until…. • 7. Only+状语 • 8. so/ such… that • 9. 省略if 引导的虚拟条件句
If I were you, I would try it again. Were I you, I would try it again.
If I should be free tomorrow, I’ll come.
Should I be free tomorrow, I’ll come.
9.省略了 if 的虚拟条件句
8. Only + 状语,位于句首
•[Only in this way] can you work out the problem. only+介词短语修饰整句
•[Only then] did I recognize her.
•only+副词修饰整句
[Only when the war was over] was he able to get back home. only+when/if/after的从句修饰整句
•I did not begin to do my homework until my mother came back.