Which sentence correctly uses inversion with a negative adverbial?
- Seldom Joy realized how crucial Sadness was to Riley’s emotional balance.
- Never before had Joy appreciated Sadness’s role as much as she did on that day.
- Under no circumstances Joy would let Sadness touch a core memory.
- Hardly Joy recognized the importance of Sadness until it was too late.
Explanation
After negative adverbials (e.g., “Never before”), we invert the auxiliary and the subject (had Joy appreciated).
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