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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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couldn't have

You couldn't have grown up in a poor community and not gotten beaten.

Is the above correct?
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Hi, Yes, but the idiomatic phrase is beaten up. Clive

  • Hi, Yes, but the idiomatic phrase is beaten up.
  • Clive
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Hi,
Yes, but the idiomatic phrase is beaten up.
Clive

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