Question

Select the correct option: Not until the data was independently verified -----------accepted by the journal.

• A. it was
• B. was it
• C. did it
• D. had it

Answer 1

Answer:

B. was it

was it When a sentence begins with a negative adverbial phrase like "Not until...", it triggers negative inversion. This means the subject and the auxiliary verb must flip their positions (just like in a question form). Therefore, "it was" becomes was it.