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Sentence: He was to have met her last week itself, but because of the heavy... #1 (permalink) Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:48 am   Sentence: He was to have met her last week itself, but because of the heavy...
 

Hi,

Could you please check these sentences?

A)"He was to have met her last week itself, but because of the heavy Rain he couldn't reach there."

B)"If I had known this earlier, I would have warned him beforehand."
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A)"He was to have met her last week, but because of the heavy rain he couldn't reach the place."
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Sentence: He was to have met her last week itself, but because of the heavy... #3 (permalink) Sun Jul 06, 2008 17:46 pm   Sentence: He was to have met her last week itself, but because of the heavy...
 

Hi Mister Micawber,

Thank you very much for replying.please tell me about sentence "B".
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Sentence: He was to have met her last week itself, but because of the heavy... #5 (permalink) Mon Jul 07, 2008 10:08 am   Sentence: He was to have met her last week itself, but because of the heavy...
 

Hi Mister Micwber,

OK. Thanks a lot for your help.
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Sentence: He was to have met her last week itself, but because of the heavy... #6 (permalink) Mon Jul 07, 2008 14:38 pm   Sentence: He was to have met her last week itself, but because of the heavy...
 

I should have done that last week itself.

Do you find the usage of 'itself' wrong in the above sentence?
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