Verbs must apply interrogative structures because of some expressions appearing in the initial position in sentences. For example, negative conjunctions like not only, neither, no sooner, etc., adverbials of negation or semi-negation such as in no case, never, rarely, hardly, and adverbial expressions with the word “only” and “so” needs the interrogative ones.
1. The inversion between subjects and its verb does not happen.
The structure “Rarely he (has) written such nonsense ideas like this one” is ungrammatical. Otherwise, the expression must employ the inversion “Rarely has he written such nonsense ideas like this one.”
2. Inversion is grammaticality but not in correct interrogative structures.
The inversion “No sooner (went) he to school, than she came” is satisfied due to the fact that it needs to be “did.” Consequently, the plausible structure is “No sooner did he go to school, than she came.”
3. Expressions given are not of the inversion types. But, it takes place the conditional sentence.
The sentence “If does it rain after January, I will go home” is not ungrammaticality. Otherwise, the structure “Does it rain after January, I will go home” is grammatical because the one is similar in meaning with “If it rains after January, I will go home.”
References
Baker, C., L. 1989. English Syntax. London: The MIT Press.
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