Not since?

Posted by Sphinx on June 07, 2003

Now Could you tell me, what does this sentence mean and how to rewrite this inversion sentence in its normal sentence pattern?

"Not since World War Two have so many Americans spoken a foreign language at home."

I think it means "Never have so many Americans spoken a foreign language at home since World War Two."

but when I rewrite it using inversion grammar knowledge, I find it be "Since World War Two have not so many Americans spoken a foreign language at home.", which has the opposite meaning!

• Not since? R. Berg 06/07/03
  • Not since? Henry 06/07/03