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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

No sooner

I had no sooner lit the barbecue than it started to rain.

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I lit the barbecure just after it started to rain.

Right?

Thanks
LiJ
  

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Liveinjapan I had no sooner lit the barbecue than it started to rain. means I lit the barbecure just after it started to rain. No, it's the other way round (first I lit the barbecue and then it started raining).

— Anonymous

  • Liveinjapan I had no sooner lit the barbecue than it started to rain.
  • means I lit the barbecure just after it started to rain.
  • No, it's the other way round (first I lit the barbecue and then it started raining).
  • As soon as I lit the barbecue, it started to rain.
  • I had just lit the barbecue when it started to rain.
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LiveinjapanI had no sooner lit the barbecue than it started to rain.

means

I lit the barbecure just after it started to rain.
No, it's the other way round (first I lit the barbecue and then it started raining).
As soon as I lit the barbecue, it started to rain.
I had just lit the barbecue when it started to rain
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No

You had just lit the barbecue and then the rain started.
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Got it!

Thanks, Feebs and Anon.
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