1. Apply only with copula verbs (is/am/are/was/were)
E.g. John is the leader.
Inv. The leader is John.
The Pencil is White.
Inv. White is the Pencil.
2. Apply Sb-Vb Concord with copular Confusion.
These boys are friends.
Inv. Friends is/are these boys.
3. Doesn't applied in languages like German, Italian, and Romantic.
Every language has different syntatic structure, so it's difficult to use inverse copula in all languages.
4. Affects and falls on the primary laws of Syntatic structures.
e.g. Sb+hv+mv+obj.(✓)
Obj+hv+mv+sb. (×)
Wrong until passivization.
But, in above cases
Sb+hv.(Copular)+Obj. [✓]
Inv. Obj+(Copular required)+Sb. [×]
5. Doesn't apply to other verbs.
i.e. not with Principal verbs or other Auxiliary verbs like do, does, has,have ,will ,can etc.
6. Post sb-vb cannot be a personal Pronoun.
E.g. They are friends. [✓]
Friends are they/them. [×]
The Pencil is White [✓]
White is the Pencil [✓]
White is it [×].
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