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Which 4 adverbials require some explanation first, and then inversion?

NOT UNTIL ... + inversion ONLY WHEN + inversion ONLY AFTER + inversion ONLY IF ..... + inversion

(include) You can't have dessert until you've eaten your dinner.

Not until you've eaten your dinner may you have dessert.

(Include) You can only play after lunch

Only after lunch can you play.

(include) No other president has lied as much to the general public.

Never before has a president lied as much to the general public.

Which three adverbial phrases have "pairs"?

Not only ... but also // No sooner ... than // Scarcely ... when

(remove) Seldom have I ever been happy to see a child.

I've seldom ever been happy to see a child.

(remove) Only once you've killed all the remaining tributes will you be crowned the victor.

You will only be crowned the victor once you've killed all the remaining tributes.

(Include) I would only accept this position if everybody agreed

Only if everybody agreed would I accept this position

(include) I have never eaten chocolate, as I'm lactose-intolerant.

Never (before) have I (ever) eaten chocolate, as I'm lactose-intolerant.

(remove) I've never been a child, nor would I ever want to be one.

I've never been a child and I would never want to be one either.

(remove) No sooner had I locked the door than I realised the murderer was already inside the house...

As soon as I locked the door, I realised the murderer was inside the house...

(remove) Only very rarely do I perform in public these days.

I very rarely perform in public these days.

(Include) I didn't notice that my glass was broken until I filled it

Not until I filled my glass did I notice that it was broken

(remove) Never again will I trust you with my antique spoon collection

I will never trust you with my antique spoon collection again.

(remove) Not until true love's first kiss will the spell be broken

The spell won't be broken until true love's first kiss.

(remove) On no account may you kick the birds.

You (absolutely) may not kick the birds.

(include) I can't eat it because I'm vegetarian and I wouldn't want to, either. It looks disgusting.

I can't eat it because I'm vegetarian, but neither would I want to. It looks disgusting.

(Include) I only noticed that my glass was broken when I filled it.

Only when I filled my glass did I notice that it was broken

(include) I rarely speak to my nan these days as she died several years ago.

Rarely do I speak to my nan these days as she died several years ago.

(include) He was ridiculed by the press the minute he opened his mouth.

No sooner had he opened his mouth than the press began to ridicule him.

(remove) At no time was I ever in a romantic relationship with that rabbit.

I was never / have never been in a relationship with that rabbit.

(Include) You definitely shouldn't open that door.

On no account should you open that door.

(include) When you have finished your homework, you can go outside, but not before.

Only when you've finished your homework can you go outside, not before.