omit the "that"? and in the subjunctive?

Chinese translation: 是倒置结构，不是虚拟语气

12:37 Sep 28, 2013

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English term or phrase: omit the "that"? and in the subjunctive?

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> Only then is the survival brain turned down and the personality fever cooled.

Does the author omit the "that" between "the" and "survival"?

Are the verbs about "turned down" and "cooled" in the subjunctive?

Thank you in advance!

**The context is :**(the text that I ask above is between the "**".)

> The Buddha taught that kind of happiness. He put it this way: “True happiness can only be found by eliminating the false idea of ‘I’ or ‘self.’” **Only then is the survival brain turned down and the personality fever cooled.** The only problem with that formulation is that once the “I” or “self ” has been eliminated, then there is no one around to enjoy the feeling of happiness.

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Excerpt from [*Crazy Wisdom Saves the World Again!*](http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=wU2HzHjzWdwC&printsec=fr... by Wes "Scoop" Nisker.

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Local time: 16:17

Chinese translation:是倒置结构，不是虚拟语气

Explanation:
Only置前表示“只有...的情况下才...”的意思时必须用倒置结构。这句话的正常结构是：The survival brain is only turned down and the personality fever is only cooled then.

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Note added at 22 mins (2013-09-28 13:00:14 GMT)
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Only then是陈述语句，而Only if 是虚拟语气。

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Note added at 2 hrs (2013-09-28 14:53:31 GMT)
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No. There is no "that" between "is" and "the". The sentence is correct in form and grammar. Passive voice is used for the survival brain (is turned down) and the personality fever (is cooled)

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Danny Wu
China
Local time: 16:17

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谢谢！
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是倒置结构，不是虚拟语气

Danny Wu

Lincoln Hui

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No

Explanation:
No, the sentence is correct.

Lincoln Hui
Hong Kong
Local time: 16:17
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17 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

是倒置结构，不是虚拟语气

Danny Wu
China
Local time: 16:17
Native speaker of: Chinese
PRO pts in category: 12

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谢谢！

Notes to answerer

Asker: my fault... I ask a wrong question ... let me edit it in this way ...it's not "Does the author omit the "that" between "the" and "survival"?" , but "Does the author omit the "that" between "is" and "the"?"

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