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I know,’No sooner had I reached the station than the train leave’ is a common usage.

However, the following sentence should be also acceptable.

No sooner had I reached the station did the train leave.

Then, how is this sentence formed?

In order for this sentence to be accepted, the inversion, ‘did the train leave’ should take place by fronting the phrase, ‘no sooner ...’.

→ The train left [no sooner had I reached the satiation].

But I don’t think this sentence is correct because it doesn’t have a conjunction. Or I wonder ‘no sooner’ somehow works as a kind of conjunction...






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I know,’No sooner had I reached the station than the train leave’ is a common usage.

However, the following sentence should be also acceptable.

No sooner had I reached the station did the train leave. 

Then, how is this sentence formed?
 
In order for this sentence to be accepted, the  inversion, ‘did the train leave’ should take place by fronting the phrase, ‘no sooner ...’.

→ The train left [no sooner had I reached the satiation]. 

But I don’t think this sentence is correct because it doesn’t have a conjunction. Or I wonder ‘no sooner’ somehow works as a kind of conjunction...
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