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Zuotengdazuo Posted 7 years ago
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If the city mourns its dead king, Jaime will not have known it.

If the city mourns its dead king, Jaime will not have known it.

Hi. Does this sentence work fine?

If it does, how would you interpret it?

Thank you.

  

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zuotengdazuo If the city mourns its dead king, Jaime will not have known it. I don't know what to say about this. It almost seems that it is not English.

  • zuotengdazuo If the city mourns its dead king, Jaime will not have known it.
  • I don't know what to say about this.
  • It almost seems that it is not English.
  • I don't believe I can assign a coherent meaning to that sequence of verbs and tenses.
  • Did you get this from some published material or are you experimenting with inventing sentences of your own?
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zuotengdazuoIf the city mourns its dead king, Jaime will not have known it.

I don't know what to say about this. It almost seems that it is not English. I don't believe I can assign a coherent meaning to that sequence of verbs and tenses.

Did you get this from some published material or are you experimenting with inventing sentences of your own?

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