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Hanuman_2000 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Interrogative

Hello,

1.What though we happen to be late.

The above rhetorical question has to be rewritten into a statement.

A. It does not matter if happen to be late.

B. It does not matter even if we happen to be late.

C. It does not matter much though we happen to be late.

D. It does not matter much if we happen to be late.

Which one is correct?

Thanks.

  

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hanuman_2000 1. What though we happen to be late. This is not correct English.

  • hanuman_2000 1.
  • What though we happen to be late.
  • This is not correct English.
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hanuman_20001. What though we happen to be late.

This is not correct English. Are you sure you copied it correctly?

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Your example A lacks a subject in the "if" clause. It's not standard English. Example C is also not standard English. B and D are equivalent, but D is more precise. However, I would change B to "It does not matter if we are late" and in D I would change "happen" to "are". The use of "happen" adds a complexity that's not needed for the listener to understand the statement. It means that w

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