Choose the correct inverted word order:
Nowhere else in the peninsula _____ such an extensive expanse of undisturbed dipterocarp lowland rainforest.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. will one encounter
- Step 1: Recognize the fronted negative spatial adverb 'Nowhere': fronting 'nowhere' demands subject-auxiliary inversion.
- Step 2: Invert the modal auxiliary 'will' and the subject 'one': 'Nowhere else in the peninsula will one encounter...'.
Answer
will one encounter.
Why not the others: 'one will encounter' retains normal non-inverted syntax; 'one encounters' lacks both auxiliary and inversion; 'did one encountered' incorrectly combines the auxiliary 'did' with a past tense form 'encountered' instead of the base form.
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