[General] If you don't want to be bullied, you'd be strong.

[Silverobama]

Hi.

Today a group of people in a chat group was talking about international relationship. Someone said that foreigners are not nice to Chinese because the videos he had watched on Youtube are about demeaning Chinese. I said I had many friends who are foreigners, most of whom are in the UK and US, are very nice to me. Then the group conversation continues. I finally said to all of them "Only when we ourselves strong then people won't bully us". Is my inverted sentence natural to conclude the situation?

 

[emsr2d2]

Hi.

Today a group of people in a chat group are was talking about international relationship.

Before we go on, edit your post and fix that glaring error.

 

[Silverobama]

Before we go on, edit your post and fix that glaring error.

Done. I typed too fast just now. I am sorry. I did mean to use the past tense because it had already happened.

 

[teechar]

Hi.
Today, a group of people in a chat room [STRIKE]group[/STRIKE] was talking about international relations. [STRIKE]hip.[/STRIKE] Someone said that foreigners are not nice to Chinese people, because [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] some videos he had watched on YouTube [STRIKE]are about[/STRIKE] demean [STRIKE]ing[/STRIKE] the Chinese. I said I had many friends who are foreigners, most of whom are in the UK and the US, and are very nice to me. Then the group conversation continued. I finally said to all of them "Only when we ourselves are strong [STRIKE]then[/STRIKE] will people [STRIKE]won't[/STRIKE] not bully us". Is my inverted sentence natural to conclude the conversation? [STRIKE]situation?[/STRIKE]

Take a look at this link for an explanation of the inversion at the end.

https://www.grammaring.com/only-after-only-if-only-in-this-way-etc-not-until

 

[Silverobama]

Take a look at this link for an explanation of the inversion at the end.

https://www.grammaring.com/only-after-only-if-only-in-this-way-etc-not-until

Teechar, I appreciate your help and patience. I've already saved the website and will study it when I go to the summer resort. I wonder if the sentence is now natural.

"Only when we ourselves are strong will people not bully us".

 

[teechar]

Yes, and you can also say:
Only when we ourselves are strong will others stop bullying us.