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Hanuman_2000 Posted 20 years ago
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001. It was hot. The match was cancelled.02br
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00I have to write it as02br
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002. Had it not been hot, the match would not have been cancelled.02br
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00I want to know the rule for making such conversion.0-
  

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02br 02font 02br 00It is called "conditional (subject-verb) inversion". ) raise the finite verb to the head : <Had> it not been hot02br 02br 00Other examples,02br 01font 00[1] If she had taken her medicine, she might be better now. 02br 00[2] If you should wish to attend class, please be on time.

— Paco2004

  • 02br 02font 02br 00It is called "conditional (subject-verb) inversion".
  • ) raise the finite verb to the head : <Had> it not been hot02br 02br 00Other examples,02br 01font 00[1] If she had taken her medicine, she might be better now.
  • 02br 00[2] If you should wish to attend class, please be on time.
  • 02br 00 Should you wish to attend class, please be on time.
  • 02br 02font 02br 00paco 0-
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0 Hello Hanuman02br
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01font00If it had not been hot, the match would have not been cancelled.02br
00= Had it not been hot, the match would have not been cancelled.02br
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00It is called "conditional (subject-verb) inversion". You can make the construct by the procedures as follows:02br
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0 How to make that conversion -----02br
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00 Determine which of the two sentences is the cause (or situation) and which is the result; place the cause first.02br
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00 Cause, situation: 01i00It was hot.02i00 Result: 01i00The match was cancelled.02i02br
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00 Write the cause in the "
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0Hello Sir (Mr.CJ)02br
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00It was once again a fantastic explanation. 02br
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00Thanks a lot Mr. Pacco and you.0-
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0Hello Sir (Mr.CJ),02br
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00One more help I need.02br
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001. I am not rich. I am unable to pay my school fee.02br
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00Had I been rich, I would have payed my school fee.02br
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00Is the converson correct?0-
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0Hello, 02br
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00Could anybody check it?0-
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01cite10Hanuman_200012cite10Hello Sir (Mr.CJ),12br
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10One more help I need.12br
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101. I am not rich. I am unable to pay my school fee.12br
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10Had I been rich, I would have payed my school fee.12br
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10Is the converson correct?12br
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0 hanuman,02br
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00 Following the transformation rules I gave earlier, the result would be:02br
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01i00Had I been rich, I would not have been unable to pay my school fee.02i02br
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00 However, 01i00not02i00 and 01i00unable02i00 creates too many negatives to be easily
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10hanuman,12br
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10Following the transformation rules I gave earlier, the result would be:12br
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11i10Had I been rich, I would not have been unable to pay my school fee.12i12br
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10However, 11i10not12i10 and 1
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0 Paco,02br
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00 Yes. You're right. I misunderstood the instructions. I thought the sentences (in whatever tense they were originally cast) were to be turned into a "Had ..., would have ..." structure.02br
00 If the original tense was to be taken into consideration, it escaped my notice!02br
00 Thanks for pointing that out.02br
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0Hello,02br
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00But in the exercise , it was asked us to convert into "had" ..... "would have" structer.0-
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