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Tinanam0102 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

and but for...would have sold

They were extravagantly praised and but for the paper restrictions would have sold like a novel.

Can you please explain the sentence for me?

Thank you.
  

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They were extravagantly praised and but for the paper restrictions would have sold like a novel. )

— Mister Micawber

  • They were extravagantly praised and but for the paper restrictions would have sold like a novel.
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They were extravagantly praised and but for the paper restrictions would have sold like a novel. = They (the books?) got very good reviews and would have sold as many copies as popular novels do if there had not been a paper shortage (?)
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Hi Mister Micawber,

They got very good reviews and would have sold as many copies as popular novels do if there had not been a paper shortage.

Would it work if 'do' was to replace with 'would' in the sentence?

Thanks
TN
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Sure; it depends on who is suffering the paper shortage, I suppose.
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Thanks Mister Micawber.
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