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Blumpi Nogres Is this sentence correct?

Why? Is it yours? In what kind of context? It is not a normal situation.

I read the sentence in a book and I am not sure whether it is grammatically correct.

Blumpi NogresI am not sure whether it is grammatically correct.

Yes, it's OK. Most book sentences are.

Blumpi Nogres'Had they ever cooled their heels in such a tiny dirty room, they would have got to know how torturous that could be!'

It's definitely an awkward sentence. Is it from literature or history?

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Had they ever (If they had ever ....)
cooled their heels in such a tiny dirty room,

I see nothing wrong with that sentence. '... have got to know' is fine in BrE, as is ... 'have come to know. '... have gotten to know' is not correct for us.

fivejedjonI see nothing wrong with that sentence. '... have got to know' is fine in BrE, as is ... 'have come to know. '... have gotten to know' is not correct for us.

So the sentence below is perfectly correct? (I'm not doubting you, just trying to understand.)

If they had ever gone to school, they would ha

SoSaysSunnyIf they had ever gone to school, they would have got to know grammar.

That's fine in BrE.

And fine in AmE, too, as I said before.

I also doubt whether that sentence is grammatically correct. Here is another sentence I have come across and I am not sure if it is correct-- ''Lion said, 'had humans ever been confined in cages like us; they would have realized how such confinement could strain one’s mind.''
Waiting for your valuable opinion.

Blumpi NogresI am not sure if it is correct

The grammar is fine, but the punctuation is wrong, though if the text is old, it may be an older style.

Lion said, 'Had humans ever been confined in cages like us, they would have realized how such confinement could strain one’s mind.'

Had X happened = If X had happened.