【问】 Not until 1868____made the capital of the state of Georgia.
 A. was Atlanta B. when Atlanta was
 C. Atlanta was D. was when Atlanta
 我查了许多语法书和词典，均未查到not until(介词或连词)放在句首时主语和谓语应采取的语序。请指教。
 【答】 按照各类标准考试的要求，not until位于句首时，主语和谓语必须实行主语和谓语的部分倒装，如同never等否定词位于句首时一样：
 1.____Madame Curie discovered radium did people have an idea of radioactivity.
 A. Since B. Not until
 C. After D. Until(EPT)
 2. Not until the mid-nineteenth-century discovery of vast deposits of borates in the MojaveDesert____relatively common.
 A. borax became B. did borax become
 C. and borax became D. borax’s becoming(TOEFL 教程)
 3. Not until a baby kangaroo is four months old____to live outside its mother’s pouch.
 A. it begins B. beginning
 C. and begins D. does it begin(TOEFL 教程)
 4. Not until the mid-nineteenth century____achieve recognition.
 A. had EL Greco’s work B. did EL Greco’s work
 C. EL Greco’s work D. EL Greco’s work did(TOEFL)
 5. Not until the late 1870’s____an outlet for her talents and sympathies in charitablework.
 A. that Anna Hallowell found B. did Anna Hallowell find
 C. when did Anna Hallowell find D. when Anna Hallowell fo und(TOEFL，84. 5)
 6. Not until the early years of the 19th century____what heat is.
 A. man did know B. man knew
 C. didn’t man know D. did man know(全国高考英语试题，1989)
 7. Not until I began to work____how much time I had wasted.
 A. didn’t I realize B. did I reafize
 C. I didn’t realize D. I realized(全国高考英语试题，1990)
 8. Although Nina Putnam wrote stories and poems as a child，____she was twenty-three.
 A. her first real success did not come until
 B. her real first successes came until not
 C. since her first real success did not come until
 D. not until her first real success(TOEFL，82.11)
 9. Not until all the fish died in the river________ how serious the pollution was.
 A. did the villagers realize B. the villagers realized
 C. the villagers did realize D. didn't the villagers realize(全国高考英语试题，1995)
 10._________was the first fully successful transatlantic cable finally laid.
 A. Not until 1866 B. Until 1866，just
 C. Until 1866 D. In 1866，not until (TOEFL，92，1)