Had--reverse
"Had the Spirit of Christmas Bestsellers Yet to Come knocked at the rather
modest front door of my small London publisher in the summer of 2003
and said, “I see hundreds of thousands of copies of your little book about
punctuation sold before Christmas. "
Question: The Spirit of Christmas Bestsellers had come or had not come?
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leobroun Question: The Spirit of Christmas Bestsellers had come or had not come? What you quoted is not a complete sentence, and your question is ambiguous. Are you asking whether "yet to come" refers to past time?
- leobroun Question: The Spirit of Christmas Bestsellers had come or had not come?
- What you quoted is not a complete sentence, and your question is ambiguous.
- Are you asking whether "yet to come" refers to past time?
- No, it doesn't.
- It refers to future time.
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leobrounQuestion: The Spirit of Christmas Bestsellers had come or had not come?
What you quoted is not a complete sentence, and your question is ambiguous.
Are you asking whether "yet to come" refers to past time?
No, it doesn't. It refers to future time.
Are you asking whether the construction "Had ... knocked at my door" refe
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