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Picnic Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Can someone explain me this sentence?

I am trying to figure it out but it seems that my skills are not good enough;

"you will lose more points than you would have gained, had you won the match"

Help?
  

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Hi, I am trying to figure it out but it seems that my skills are not good enough; "you will lose more points than you would have gained, had you won the match" Let me reword this a bit. If you had won the match (in the past, eg yesterday), you would have gained some points. You will (at some point, eg tomorrow) lose more points than that.

— Clive

  • Hi, I am trying to figure it out but it seems that my skills are not good enough; "you will lose more points than you would have gained, had you won the match" Let me reword this a bit.
  • If you had won the match (in the past, eg yesterday), you would have gained some points.
  • You will (at some point, eg tomorrow) lose more points than that.
  • OK?
  • Clive
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Hi,
I am trying to figure it out but it seems that my skills are not good enough;

"you will lose more points than you would have gained, had you won the match"

Let me reword this a bit.

If you had won the match (in the past, eg yesterday), you would have gained some points.
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Okey, so what does "had you won" means?
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Hi

had you won = if you had won

It's more formal, more literary.


Clive
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