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Hoony Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
No sooner than
ex) No sooner had he escaped from the car than it exploded
= He had no sooner escaped from the car than it exploded
Q1: Do we have to put 'no sooner' between 'had' and 'past participle(escaped)' ?
Q2: Is this grammatically correct?
ex) He had escaped from the car no sooner than it exploded (??)
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Hoony ex) No sooner had he escaped from the car than it exploded = He had no sooner escaped from the car than it exploded Q1: Do we have to put 'no sooner' between 'had' and 'past participle(escaped)' ? No. Both these sentences are possible.
- Hoony ex) No sooner had he escaped from the car than it exploded = He had no sooner escaped from the car than it exploded Q1: Do we have to put 'no sooner' between 'had' and 'past participle(escaped)' ?
- No.
- Both these sentences are possible.
- To me, the first feels more usual than the second.
- Hoony Q2: Is this grammatically correct?
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Hoonyex) No sooner had he escaped from the car than it exploded
= He had no sooner escaped from the car than it exploded
Q1: Do we have to put 'no sooner' between 'had' and 'past participle(escaped)' ?
No. Both these sentences are possible. To me, the first feels more usual than the second.
HoonyQ2: Is this grammatically
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