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Lime silver 713 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar
Subjunctive
Is this correct: "If this were true, what did we have anything to do with it?"
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" No, the second part is not grammatical. " would be correct in itself, but tense-wise does not fit easily with the first part, albeit it is not completely impossible.
- " No, the second part is not grammatical.
- " would be correct in itself, but tense-wise does not fit easily with the first part, albeit it is not completely impossible.
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lime silver 713Is this correct: "If this were true, what did we have anything to do with it?"
No, the second part is not grammatical. "why did we have anything to do with it?" would be correct in itself, but tense-wise does not fit easily with the first part, albeit it is not completely impossible.
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lime silver 713what did we have anything to do with it?
The grammar is faulty. You are asking two different noun phrases (underlined above) to be the direct object of the same clause.
The statement We had something can't become the question What did we have anything?
It can become What did we have? or Did
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