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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Is it correct?12br
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10"If only I had 11b11font10[had] 12font12b10this knowledge when I was younger."12br
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0Hi,02br
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01font00"If only I had 01b00had 02b00this knowledge when I was younger."02font02br
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00Yes, this is fine. But note that it is really not a complete sentence, strictly speaking. You need to complete the thought.02br
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00eg "If only I had had this knowledge wh
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01cite10Clive12cite10Hi,12br
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11font10"If only I had 11b10had 12b10this knowledge when I was younger."12font12br
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10Yes, this is fine. But note that it is really not a complete sentence, strictly speaking. You need to complete the
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0Hi,02br
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00No, not at all, it's quite common. I just see it as more of a rhetorical device, where the reader is left to complete the rest of the thought without it being voiced. We often speak in such partial ways, don't we? Consider02br
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00A: Are you going to go to the park tomorrow?02br
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00B: 01b00If it doesn'
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01cite10Clive12cite10Hi,12br
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10No, not at all, it's quite common. I just see it as more of a rhetorical device, where the reader is left to complete the rest of the thought without it being voiced. We often speak in such partial ways, don't we? Consider12br
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10A: Are you going to go to th
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