Conversion

[Ksunya]

Hi!
Can u possible tell me in what cases do we use conversion?
Thanks,

[Tdol]

What sort of conversion do you mean?

[Ksunya]

I think it's not conversion but inversion. The change of word order in a sentence, I mean. And what is the difference between conversion and inversion than

[Tdol]

Conversion- changing something into another- you could convert an active sentence into a passive one
inversion- changing to order

Inversion can be used when we have certain adverbs and phrases at the beginning of a sentence:
I had never seen such a mess.
Never had I seen such a mess.
Never; rarely; no sooner; hardly; not only

It can used in conditionals to replace 'if':
If I had been there, things would have been different.
Had I been there, things would have been different.

It can be used after so + adjective + be
So great was the storm...

This isn't a complete list and others will add to it soon.

[Ksunya]

Thanks a lot