rte.sushil Wrote:Only when a caterpillar has grown to the right size for pupation to take place does a special enzyme halt the production of juvenile hormone.
The GMAT will not
test this kind of usage. I.e., you won't have to decide whether it's better than some other type of usage.
Your only job here is to
realize that this construction is not wrong.
I.e., you just have to
recognize it, so that you don't mistakenly eliminate it.
This is a style thing. The sentence is reversed to
emphasize a certain part; there's no grammatical issue.
Only when you need money do you call me.Grammatically, there's no difference between this sentence and "You call me only when you need money." The difference is that the speaker wants to place additional emphasis on "only when you need money""”i.e., to call the other person a leech/freeloader/user.
"Do call" is used because that's the only way to reverse the sentence like this.
If there's already a helping verb, then you don't have to change it.
You should go visit your ex-boyfriend only if you never want to see me again.Only if you never want to see me again should you go visit your ex-boyfriend. (even more emphatic)
When i come across this sentence, i found it little unusual as we don't use in daily communications.
This type of thing is actually pretty common, if this sort of emphasis is desired.