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Hi everyone,
Could you guys help me clarify the meaning of this sentence? "He may have given her a slap. But that's what most men would do when provoked and driven to the extremes."
So did the man slap her? If he did, why there's "but" at the beginning of the second sentence? Thank you in advance
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It doesn't say explicitly that he slapped her. The 'but' here is more like 'But if he did . .
- It doesn't say explicitly that he slapped her.
- The 'but' here is more like 'But if he did .
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- ' Clive
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It doesn't say explicitly that he slapped her. The 'but' here is more like 'But if he did . . . '
Clive
0anonymousHe may have given her a slap. But that's what most men would do when provoked and driven to the extremes.
I read it as equivalent to
Although he may have given her a slap, that's what most men would do when provoked and driven to extremes.
(Although he gave her a slap, ....)
This is the use of 'may' in concessions. We c
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