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 #2 (permalink) Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:35 pm Sentence: Had it been known to me I wouldn't have asked you? |
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I suggest - "Had it been known to me I wouldn't have asked you"
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Sureshvemuri
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| #3 (permalink) Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:22 am Sentence: Had it been known to me I wouldn't have asked you? |
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hiiiiiiiii sureshvemuri,
thank u for responding me.I m newcomer here. this was my first question.i hope u wouldn't mind because i have got one more preoblem.could you give me detail why the other question is wrong. |
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| #4 (permalink) Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:33 am Sentence: Had it been known to me I wouldn't have asked you? |
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Kale, simplified :-
"If I'd known, I wouldn't have asked."
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| #5 (permalink) Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:44 am Sentence: Had it been known to me I wouldn't have asked you? |
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i wanted to know which of these two sentences is correct.
1. had it been known to me i wouldn't have asked you?
2. if it was known to me i would not ask you |
It seems you have tried the passive form.
1. The first sentence is a variation of, 'Had I known that, I would not have asked you.' and is normally written like this. It is also possible to write, 'If I had known that I would not have asked you.' I have chaged 'it' to 'that.' The first is an improbable condition and the second is an impossible condition. Both are riight in their own situations. |
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