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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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Is this sentence okay? Woes to America to have this bad guy slipped into its border

I wonder whether " Woes to America to have this bad guy slipped into its border" can be counted as a sentence.
Is the word "have" used correctly in this case?
  

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NL888 I wonder whether " Woe to America to have this bad guy slipped into its border" can be counted as a sentence. Yes, it is a kind of formulaic subjunctive (notice 'woe'). NL888 Is the word "have" used correctly in this case?

— Mister Micawber

  • NL888 I wonder whether " Woe to America to have this bad guy slipped into its border" can be counted as a sentence.
  • Yes, it is a kind of formulaic subjunctive (notice 'woe').
  • NL888 Is the word "have" used correctly in this case?
  • Yes, especially if the slipping was done by someone else.
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NL888I wonder whether " Woe to America to have this bad guy slipped into its border" can be counted as a sentence.
Yes, it is a kind of formulaic subjunctive (notice 'woe').
NL888Is the word "have" used correctly in this case?
Yes, especially if the slipping was done by someone else.
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