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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Not that~

1. The flavor is medieval if there were guns in medieval period not that these 'heroes' use them preferring and enjoying to use their fists most of the time to solve problems.

2. The flavor is medieval if there were guns in medieval period, even though these 'heroes' don't use them preferring and enjoying to use their fists most of the time to solve problems.

Can I rephrase #1 into #2?
If so, can I do that without a comma/ dash before not that?

Thank you in advance for your help.
  

Top answer

#1 is completely unpunctuated; it needs major work before I can comment.

— Mister Micawber

  • #1 is completely unpunctuated; it needs major work before I can comment.
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#1 is completely unpunctuated; it needs major work before I can comment.
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I'm sorry; my example is just the copied, pasted text. Emotion: sad
Then, must I put a comma before "not that"?
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OMG! It has major problems. Something like this was probably envisioned:

The flavor is medieval...if there were guns in the medieval period—not that these 'heroes' use them, preferring to use their fists most of the time to solve problems.
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Thank you, Mr.Micawber, for your correction and answer.Emotion: smile

I'd like to ask you one more thing.
Can't I replace the dash be
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park sang joonCan't I replace the dash before "not that" with a comma?
I think not. The utterance, as you see, requires some unorthodox punctuation in order for it to make good sense.
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