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Abil Posted 18 years ago
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perforce or "by mistake"
I never thought of going back to my country. However, if I went back perforce or "by mistake", I would have joined a progressive political party.
I would appreciate your comments on the sentence above.
I would appreciate your comments on the sentence above.
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Hi Abil, I would probably have written it like this: I never thought of going back to my country. However, if I had gone went back perforce or "by mistake", by force of circumstance, I would have joined a progressive political party. By the way, "by mistake" looks distinctly odd there; it's difficult to imagine how you could have gone back 'by mistake' in this context, unless you'd boarded the wrong plane at the airport.
- Hi Abil, I would probably have written it like this: I never thought of going back to my country.
- However, if I had gone went back perforce or "by mistake", by force of circumstance, I would have joined a progressive political party.
- By the way, "by mistake" looks distinctly odd there; it's difficult to imagine how you could have gone back 'by mistake' in this context, unless you'd boarded the wrong plane at the airport.
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Hi Abil,
I would probably have written it like this:
I never thought of going back to my country. However, if I had gonewent back perforce or "by mistake", by force of circumstance, I would have joined a progressive political party.
By the way, "by mistake" looks distinctly odd there; it's difficult to imagine how you could have gone back 'by mista
I would probably have written it like this:
I never thought of going back to my country. However, if I had gone
By the way, "by mistake" looks distinctly odd there; it's difficult to imagine how you could have gone back 'by mista
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Perforce means unavoidably, forced by circumstance. It is not the same as doing something by mistake, which means you did not mean to do it.
"If I went back by mistake" - rather implies you meant to go somewhere else or had not meant to return at all.
"I have never thought of going back to my native country. If I had gone back//had had to go back, I would have joined a progressive p
"If I went back by mistake" - rather implies you meant to go somewhere else or had not meant to return at all.
"I have never thought of going back to my native country. If I had gone back//had had to go back, I would have joined a progressive p
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