Grammar: Using "Even if that meant" in sentence
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In this piece of fiction, please tell me if the underlined part is grammatically correct?
Jane, his imaginary friend, was so angry by that incident that she had refused to show up in front of his family, even if that meant his sanity being questioned.
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anonymous Jane, his imaginary friend, was so angry by that incident that she had refused to show up in front of his family, even if that meant his sanity being questioned. Correct. The author has perhaps taken some artistic license and used a non-finite clause where we might expect the corresponding finite clause.
- anonymous Jane, his imaginary friend, was so angry by that incident that she had refused to show up in front of his family, even if that meant his sanity being questioned.
- Correct.
- The author has perhaps taken some artistic license and used a non-finite clause where we might expect the corresponding finite clause.
- even if that meant that his sanity was being questioned CJ
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anonymousJane, his imaginary friend, was so angry by that incident that she had refused to show up in front of his family, even if that meant his sanity being questioned.
Correct. The author has perhaps taken some artistic license and used a non-finite clause where we might expect the corresponding finite clause.
even if that meant that his sanity
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