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Question 103

Which sentence correctly keeps statement order because the negative adverb is not fronted?

  1. Rarely the pumps stop without warning.
  2. Never the archive has lost a file.
  3. The pumps have never stopped without warning.Correct answer
  4. Under no circumstances the hatch may open.

Explanation

In the grammatical sentence, never remains inside the verb phrase, so ordinary subject-before-auxiliary order is required. The alternatives front a negative expression and therefore need inversion, which they omit.

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