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Contraposition Posted 10 years ago
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give
Could you please let me know what the highlighted part mean in the passage? And why is the second conditional used?
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"give a good deal" = give a substantial amount of your resources Harry really wanted to make as much progress as Neville, so he would have given a lot to be in Neville's position.
- "give a good deal" = give a substantial amount of your resources Harry really wanted to make as much progress as Neville, so he would have given a lot to be in Neville's position.
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"give a good deal" = give a substantial amount of your resources
Harry really wanted to make as much progress as Neville, so he would have given a lot to be in Neville's position.
Harry really wanted to make as much progress as Neville, so he would have given a lot to be in Neville's position.
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contrapositionWhy is the conditional used?There is no explicit conditional.
Perhaps you could say it was implied: If Harry had had a choice, he would have given ...
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contrapositionhighlighted partwould have given a great deal ~ would have spent a lot of money (or any equivalent)
to be making ... progress ~ in exchange for making ... progress
contrapositionsecond conditionalNo. Third conditional. The to-clause substitutes for the if-clause because you can rephrase it
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