A puzzling sentence
Find and correct the mistake in the following sentence:
If the money he had been enough , he'd have bought a new car.
My answer :
If the money ,he had, had been enough , he'd have bought a new car.
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Omar Ahmed If the money ,he had, had been enough , he'd have bought a new car. I would prefer saying, 'If he had had enough money, he would have bought a new car.
- Omar Ahmed If the money ,he had, had been enough , he'd have bought a new car.
- I would prefer saying, 'If he had had enough money, he would have bought a new car.
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Omar AhmedIf the money ,he had, had been enough , he'd have bought a new car.
I would prefer saying, 'If he had had enough money, he would have bought a new car.
0Omar AhmedIf the money ,he had, had been enough , he'd have bought a new car.
If the only thing yo can o is change the punctuation, then use this:
If the money he had had been enough, he'd have bought a new car.
The relative clause "he had" is a defining relative clause. It is not set off by commas.
Many writers would add the relative
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