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G make the sentence both negative and interrogative .
G change only to none but .
Read the following examples:

1. Only a beast could be so cruel. (Affirmative)
None but a beast could be so cruel. (Negative)

2. You yourself wanted to play chess. (Affirmative)
Didn’t you yourself want to play chess? (Negative)

3. Interchanging Assertive and Interrogative Sentences

G Only those sentences can be changed into the assertive form in which the
interrogative form has been used for the sake of emphasis .
G An affirmative question implies a negative statement, a negative question implies
an affirmative statement.

Read the following examples:
1. Who can believe in her? (Interrogative)

Nobody can believe her. (Assertive)
2. Shouldn’t we preserve our traditional culture? (Interrogative)
We should preserve our traditional culture. (Assertive)

4. Interchanging Exclamatory and Assertive Sentences
G Since, exclamatory sentences are said under the influence of a strong emotion,
they have a word order slightly different from that of an assertive sentences.
They often begin with exclamatory words like hurray , alas , oh , what, etc. While
changing an exclamatory sentence into an assertive sentence, the normal order is

used in an assertive sentence.

G Also, some words suggestive of the original emotion may also be added.
Read the following examples:

1. How happy she seems to be! (Exclamatory)
She seems to be very happy. (Assertive)

2. Oh that I were a king! (Exclamatory)
I desire I were a king. (Assertive)

5. Interchanging the Degrees of Comparison
Read the following examples:

1. Jupiter is the biggest planet. (Superlative)

Jupiter is bigger than any other planet. (Comparative)

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