about inversion Only in this way，can you hope to make improvements in the operating system. Only in this way, you can hope to make improvements in the operating system. In this sentence, is inversion needed? Or is the inversion related to the comma?"Only when your identity has been checked,will you be allowed in." In this sentence, is comma needed? or is inversion needed?

How to pronounce the word "clothes" ? According to the dictionary, it sounds as "kləuðz ". In fact, I can not hear the sound of "ð" when the native speakers speak. I think, it should be pronounced as "kləuz " while some English learners told me that it should be pronounced as "kləuðiz ". Which opinion is right?

Not sure about the meaning of one sentence in the essay of "Why we read" by katha pollitt. "But what about reading for the aesthetic pleasures of language, form, image?What about reading to learn something new, to have a vicarious adventure, to follow the workings of an interesting, if possibly skewed, narrow, and ill-tempered mind?" I don't understand "the workings of an interesting, if possibly skewed, narrow, and ill-tempered mind" . Does that mean although the writer is interesting most of the time but sometimes narrow-minded and hot-tempered? How to understand "if possibly skewed"? Thank you !

Explain "The road to hell is paved with good intentions." What's the meaning of this sentence? And give an example, please.

Would someone explain a sentence in the essay of "why we read..." by katha pollitt? Thank you! “And that reading is being made to bear such an inappropriater and simplistic burden speaks to the poverty both of culture and of frank political discussion in our time.” I don't understand the usage of "speaks"especially. Which word does it modify?