After ideas expressing place, the subject and verb
sometimes invert in English. This can happen with single words expressing
place, such as here, there, or nowhere.
Here is the book that you lent me.
There are the keys that I thought I
lost.
Nowhere have I seen such beautiful
weather.
In the first example, the place word here
causes the subject book (and its modifiers) to come after the verb is.
In the second example, the place word there causes the subject
keys (and its modifiers) to come after the verb are. In the last
example, the place word nowhere causes the subject I to come
after the verb have.
The subject and verb can also be inverted after
prepositional phrases expressing place.
In the closet are the clothes that
you want.
Around the corner is Sam's house.
Beyond the mountains hes the town
where you will live.
In the first example the prepositional phrase of place
in the closet causes the subject clothes (and its modifiers) to come
after the verb are. In the second example, the the prepositional phrase
of place around the corner causes the subject house (and its
modifiers) to come after the verb is. In the last example, the
prepositional phrase of place beyond the mountains causes the subject
town (and its modifiers) to come after the verb lies.
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