Inversion for emphasis

Explanation

Read parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 here carefully:

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/inversion.html

and then do the exercise from the link at the bottom of the page.

Then go to:

https://www.clarkandmiller.com/inverted-conditionals-have-you-mastered-this-advanced-english-trick/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgNSRr9-Fbo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8zQaJZEfz0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmQH6B9P8r8

https://www.hornerschool.com/inversion-negative-adverbials/

Exercises

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/inversion-exercise-1.html

http://random-idea-english.blogspot.com/2011/05/negative-inversion-practice-exercises.html

https://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-88760.php

https://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-116807.php

https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b2/inversion-negative-adverbials/

https://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-89063.php

https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b2/inversion-negative-adverbials/

https://www.luizotaviobarros.com/negative-inversion-examples/

Infinitives and gerunds

https://englishadvanced2.blogspot.com/2013/10/speakout-advanced-p-24-gerunds-and.html

Verbs followed by the gerund or infinitive

https://www.pinterest.it/pin/317433473715627620/

https://www.ef.com/wwen/english-resources/english-grammar/verbs-followed-infinitives/

https://www.ef.com/wwen/english-resources/english-grammar/verbs-followed-gerunds/

https://www.engvid.com/english-resource/verbs-followed-by-gerunds-and-infinitives/

https://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/gerund_or_infinitive_same_list.htm

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/gerund_infinitive_difference.htm

exercises

https://www.englishpage.com/gerunds/index.htm

https://agendaweb.org/verbs/infinitive_gerund-exercises.html

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/gerund-infinitive/gerund-infinitive-index.htm#google_vignette

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/gerunds-and-infinitives-exercise-1.html

Verb tenses and verb forms (infinitives and gerunds) and their names in English for the general selection test

https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/tenses_table.pdf

https://www.sjsu.edu/writingcenter/docs/handouts/Infinitives.pdf

https://www.scribbr.com/nouns-and-pronouns/gerund/#:~:text=A%20gerund%20is%20a%20word,the%20verb%20it's%20derived%20from.

https://www.learnesl.net/past-gerund/

https://www.insegnanti-inglese.com/grammar-1/Tense-table.html

https://english.lingolia.com/en/grammar/tenses/overview

China according to the IMF

 https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fandd/issues/2023/12/China-bumpy-path-Eswar-Prasad

COP 28

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20231205IPR15686/cop28-climate-talks-agree-on-transitioning-away-from-fossil-fuels#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThis%20outcome%20is%20really%20historic,%2Dout'%20of%20fossil%20fuels.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/12/13/cop28-new-draft-text-calling-for-transition-away-from-fossil-fuels-released-to-mixed-react

https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/cop28-outcome-misses-mark-justice-majority-world

https://actalliance.org/act-news/press-release-cop28-delivers-disappointing-results/

https://www.ciel.org/news/cop28-ciel-comment-cop28-dubai-summit-people-powered-progress-and-fossil-fueled-failure/

Military spending

https://thewire.in/world/global-military-spend-record-high-2022

https://wisevoter.com/country-rankings/military-spending-by-country/

https://www.courthousenews.com/eu-defense-spending-to-reach-record-295-billion-in-2023/

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1293301/combined-defense-expenditures-nato/ 56.4% of global total (more if you add non-NATO allies e.g. Japan)

https://www.statista.com/statistics/584088/defense-expenditures-of-nato-countries/

https://www.sipri.org/media/press-release/2023/world-military-expenditure-reaches-new-record-high-european-spending-surges

https://www.milex.org/2022/12/02/italian-military-expenditure-to-rise-in-2023/

https://www.greenpeace.org/static/planet4-italy-stateless/2023/11/d4d111bc-arming-europe.pdf

https://www.sipri.org/media/press-release/2023/world-military-expenditure-reaches-new-record-high-european-spending-surges 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_with_highest_military_expenditures

Artificial intelligence act: Council and Parliament strike a deal on the first rules for AI in the world

https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2023/12/09/artificial-intelligence-act-council-and-parliament-strike-a-deal-on-the-first-worldwide-rules-for-ai/