Friday, March 2, 2012

Inversion after "only now"



I was wondering if the following sentence was grammatically correct:



"Only now am I sure who is my real friend."




I found it in my grammar book and I am confused.
Thanks in advance :)


Answer



In a comment, BillJ wrote:




Not really. The subject-auxiliary inversion ("am I") is fine and occurs as a result of fronting the adverb "only". But there should not be inversion in the subordinate interrogative clause, which should be who my real friend is.



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