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MagnusManrik Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Is this phrase grammatically correct?

Let's say Michael is supposed to attend every party, but there is one specifically so bad, that not even he was in it.

  

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The use of "not even" is correct. "He was in it" is not. that not even he attended.

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  • The use of "not even" is correct.
  • "He was in it" is not.
  • that not even he attended.
  • Additionally, "specifically so bad" doesn't sound at all natural.
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The use of "not even" is correct. "He was in it" is not.

...that not even he attended.

Additionally, "specifically so bad" doesn't sound at all natural.

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Michael usually attends every party, but there there was one that was so awful that no one, not even he, went to it.

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