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Silak12 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

If not?

Hi! everyone.
Could you tell me what the sentence below means?
She received very minimal if not antenatal care.
Does it just mean she received a very little care? If so then why did he mention "antenatal care"? Did she receive antenatal care as well?
Please help me understand it.
Thanking in anticipation.
  

Top answer

The sentence is not correctly written, and makes no sense.. Here is a possibility. She received very minimal, if any, antenatal care.

— Clive

  • The sentence is not correctly written, and makes no sense..
  • Here is a possibility.
  • She received very minimal, if any, antenatal care.
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The sentence is not correctly written, and makes no sense..

Here is a possibility.
She received very minimal, if any, antenatal care.
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CliveThe sentence is not correctly written, and makes no sense..
Oh yeah! you are right sir.
Here is the correct version-:
she received very minimal if not any antenatal care.
Does it make any sense now?
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You need to delete the 'not',
ie She received very minimal, if any, antenatal care.

This is a fixed structure that means
If she received any antenatal care, it was minimal.
The structure impl
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Thanks! Clive. I got it.
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