Complete the food critic's dramatic review of a disastrous restaurant opening by choosing the correct phrase for each blank.
As a professional critic, rarely have I witnessed such a culinary catastrophe. Furthermore, I must warn my readers that on no account should you order the "mystery meat" special. Not only did the chef ruin the dessert, but he also came out to the dining room and blamed the oven!
As a professional critic, rarely have I witnessed such a culinary catastrophe.
When a sentence or clause begins with a negative or restrictive adverb like rarely, we must invert the subject and the auxiliary verb (auxiliary + subject + main verb). "Did I witnessed" is incorrect because did must be followed by a base verb.
Furthermore, I must warn my readers that on no account should you order the "mystery meat" special.
On no account is a negative adverbial phrase. It requires inversion, so the modal verb should comes before the subject you. Modals are never followed by "to" in this context.
Not only did the chef ruin the dessert, but he also came out to the dining room and blamed the oven!
Not only at the beginning of a clause triggers inversion. Since the sentence is in the simple past tense and lacks an auxiliary verb, we must add did and use the base form of the verb (ruin).