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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Conditional One
It's surprising this book isn't getting more attention. I think I found it from Paul Gravett's website. Best graphic novel of 2011 or I drive up to Toronto and eat his hat.
I think "or I drive up to Toronto and eat his hat" is conditional one; if so, I'd like to know why "drive up" has been used, not "will drive up/ would drive up."
I think "or I drive up to Toronto and eat his hat" is conditional one; if so, I'd like to know why "drive up" has been used, not "will drive up/ would drive up."
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The sentence is not conditional in form/structure, but it does imply "If that's not the best graphic novel of 2011, I'll drive up to Toronto and eat his hat) You're right about 'will' but the author was apparently not concerned with grammar so he chose to use the simple present drive up (in addition to omitting the article before best).
- The sentence is not conditional in form/structure, but it does imply "If that's not the best graphic novel of 2011, I'll drive up to Toronto and eat his hat) You're right about 'will' but the author was apparently not concerned with grammar so he chose to use the simple present drive up (in addition to omitting the article before best).
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The sentence is not conditional in form/structure, but it does imply "If that's not the best graphic novel of 2011, I'll drive up to Toronto and eat his hat)
You're right about 'will' but the author was apparently not concerned with grammar so he chose to use the simple present drive up (in addition to omitting the article before best).
You're right about 'will' but the author was apparently not concerned with grammar so he chose to use the simple present drive up (in addition to omitting the article before best).
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