There are many types of negative adverbials with inversion, that are not in the English Grammar Profile (EGP), so they should be listed at C2. For example:
Seldom do orcs journey in the open under the sun, yet these have done so.
Examples of some vocabulary items in inversion can be found in the English Vocabulary Profile. For example:
LITTLE (adverb) = C1 not much or not enough
Then there are even longer/more complex structures. Let’s analyze two EXPERT EXAMPLES to understand inversion with complex negative adverbials.
Under no circumstances should doodling be eradicated
from a classroom or a boardroom or even the war room.
In no way am I saying that preference doesn’t exist.
‘Under no circumstances‘ and ‘In no way‘ are examples of complex negative adverbial phrases that will modify the following verb phrases: ‘should be eradicated’ or ‘am saying’.
Inversion is just switching the subject and verb around as we do with questions:
‘I am” -> ‘am I’ and ‘doodling should’ -> ‘should doodling’.
The sentences could be written with the same meaning as:
Doodling should NOT be eradicated under any circumstances.
I am NOT saying that … in any way.
Pearson’s GSE 74 B2+ point is defined:
invert subject and verb after initial complex adverbials.
*Note, Pearson’s scale is at what level the structure can be taught, this would probably be listed at C2 in the English Grammar Profile of what students can do.
If we follow the structure of their two examples, we get our iWeb code:
_I no _N _V _P
1 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU 905
2 IN NO WAY AM I 579
3 AT NO POINT DID I 521 (did inversion)
4 AT NO TIME DID I 483
5 IN NO WAY DO I 415
6 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL WE 321 (will inversion)
7 IN NO WAY IS IT 257 (BE inversion)
8 IN NO EVENT SHALL WE 252 (shall inversion)
9 IN NO WAY DOES IT 245 (does inversion)
10 IN NO EVENT WILL WE 230
11 IN NO WAY DID I 167
12 AT NO POINT DID HE 157
13 AT NO TIME DID HE 154
14 AT NO POINT DOES IT 144
15 IN NO WAY DO WE 135
16 AT NO TIME DID WE 131
17 AT NO POINT DID WE 130
18 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ARE YOU 119
19 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL YOU 113
20 AT NO POINT HAVE I 111 (have inversion)
21 IN NO WAY ARE WE 111
22 IN NO WAY WAS I 104
23 AT NO TIME DO WE 100
24 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHOULD YOU 100
25 AT NO TIME HAVE I 99
26 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES DO WE 97
27 AT NO POINT DO YOU 93
28 AT NO TIME DID THEY 90
29 AT NO POINT WAS I 87
30 AT NO POINT DID THEY 87
31 IN NO WAY WOULD I 86 (would inversion)
32 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES MAY YOU 86 (may inversion)
33 IN NO WAY DO THEY 85
34 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD I 83
35 IN NO WAY WAS IT 82
36 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD THEY 80
37 AT NO TIME SHOULD YOU 78
38 AT NO TIME WAS I 77
39 AT NO POINT DID IT 75
40 AT NO POINT DO I 73
41 AT NO POINT DO WE 73
42 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS IT 73
43 AT NO POINT DOES HE 71
44 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL WE 71
45 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES CAN YOU 69 (can inversion)
46 IN NO EVENT SHALL YOU 66
47 AT NO POINT DID ANYONE 63
48 AT NO POINT WAS IT 60
49 IN NO WAY ARE THEY 59
50 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES CAN WE 55
51 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL I 55
52 AT NO TIME WILL WE 54
53 IN NO WAY SHOULD YOU 54
54 AT NO POINT DID SHE 53
55 IN NO WAY CAN I 52
56 IN NO WAY CAN IT 51
57 AT NO POINT SHOULD YOU 49
58 AT NO TIME DID IT 49
59 AT NO TIME DID SHE 48
60 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES DO YOU 48
61 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD ANYONE 48
62 AT NO TIME WILL YOU 47
63 AT NO POINT DO THEY 47
64 AT NO TIME DID ANYONE 45
65 AT NO TIME DO I 44
66 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ARE WE 44
67 IN NO WAY DID HE 43
68 IN NO WAY DID IT 42
69 AT NO TIME WERE WE 41
70 IN NO EVENT WILL YOU 41
71 IN NO WAY DID WE 40
72 AT NO POINT WERE WE 39
73 AT NO TIME IS IT 39
74 IN NO WAY MAKES IT 39
75 IN NO WAY SHOULD IT 39
76 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD IT 39
77 AT NO TIME WAS HE 37
78 AT NO TIME ARE YOU 37
79 AT NO POINT IS IT 37
80 IN NO WAY DOES HE 37
81 AT NO POINT ARE YOU 36
82 AT NO POINT WAS HE 36
83 IN NO WAY IS HE 36
84 ON NO ACCOUNT SHOULD YOU 36
85 IN NO CASE IS IT 35
86 AT NO STAGE DID I 35
87 AT NO TIME HAVE WE 35
88 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD HE 34
89 AT NO POINT WILL YOU 33
90 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES CAN THEY 33
91 AT NO TIME DO YOU 32
92 IN NO WAY CAN WE 32
93 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD WE 32
94 AT NO TIME WAS IT 31
95 IN NO CASE WILL WE 31
96 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES ARE THEY 31
97 UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES DO I 31
98 IN NO WAY WAS HE 30
99 IN NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL WE 29
100 AT NO POINT DOES SHE 29
B1 vocabulary:
account, event
B2:
circumstance, circumstances