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Lucas21c Posted 13 years ago
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Natural sentence

Could you tell me whether the following sentence sounds fine?
Thank you.

Even though I can’t say I know well about love affairs, at least, I can’t imagine he will get back at his ex-girl friend even causing damage to himself .
  

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I c an’t say I know much about love affairs , but I can’t imagine he will try to get back at his ex- girlfriend even if he hurts himself doing it.

— Mister Micawber

  • I c an’t say I know much about love affairs , but I can’t imagine he will try to get back at his ex- girlfriend even if he hurts himself doing it.
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I can’t say I know much about love affairs, but I can’t imagine he will try to get back at his ex-girlfriend even if he hurts himself doing it.
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Thank you, Mister Micawber.
By the way, I can't understand this part, "if he hurts himself doing it."
Why is it not "if he hurts himself by doing it." or "if he hurts himself in doing it."?
Is there any preposition omitted between "himself" and "doing?"
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lucas21cIs there any preposition omitted between "himself" and "doing?"
No. It is fine and natural (just like me).
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Could you tell what are differece between "even if he hurts himself doing it." and "even if he hurts himself by doing it." in your sentence?
I can't still understand that part...
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'By' is optional and usually omitted by native speakers where 'by' means 'as a result of'. Without 'by', it also means 'while'.
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