Power and influence

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Power and Influence

Past Conditional Inversion

Usage: Used for emphasis when talking about past regrets or hypothetical situations
Structure: Had + subject + past participle …. subject + would have + past participle

Negative Adverb Inversion

Usage: Used to strongly emphasise how rare, unusual, or shocking an event is by placing a negative word at the start.
Structure: negative word + auxiliary verb + subject + base verb

The Present Subjunctive

Usage: Used after phrases of urgency or necessity to show that an action is required or demanded.
Structure: Urgency phrase + subject + base verb

1. Had the CEO listened to the staff, she wouldn’t have faced a company-wide strike.

2. Rarely do we see a manager handle a crisis with such total composure.

3. It is essential that the head of department sign off on the new budget before tomorrow.

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