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Contraposition Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

reason



Can you please let me know what "Give me a reason to do it, and I swear I will” means? And who is 'he'?
Lastly, why is 'would have been' used instead of 'was'? (in the last sentence)
  

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Snape says that if Black attacks him, he will have justification (a good reason) to put a very bad spell on him. So Black stops. "would have been" shows probability; "was" shows certainty.

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  • Snape says that if Black attacks him, he will have justification (a good reason) to put a very bad spell on him.
  • So Black stops.
  • "would have been" shows probability; "was" shows certainty.
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Snape says that if Black attacks him, he will have justification (a good reason) to put a very bad spell on him. So Black stops.

"would have been" shows probability; "was" shows certainty.
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