Tell me the meaning and the Structure of this sentence.

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If the proposer does not insist on the proposal being accepted in the mannar in which it has to be accepted.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

DebarghyaTell me the meaning and the Structure of this sentence

It is not a complete sentence; it is just a conditional clause, unfinished in itself.

Anonymous · Answer

If the proposed doesn't insist on the proposal being accepted in the manner in which it has to be accepted, after it is accepted in any other manner not originally prescribed, the proposer is presumed to have consented to the acceptance.

Mister Micawber · Answer

[If the proposer doesn't insist on the proposal being accepted in the manner in which it has to be accepted], [after it is accepted in any other manner not originally prescribed, the proposer is presumed to have consented to the acceptance.]

Above, I have bracketed the conditional clause and the main clause of the sentence.

The conditional clause may be paraphrased like this:

If the proposer does not insist that the other party accept the proposal in the correct manner...

Then, the main clause has an embedded subordinate clause:

[after it is accepted in any other manner not originally prescribed], [the proposer is presumed to have consented to the acceptance.]

The first (subordinate) clause is an adverbial; it says 'after the proposal has been accepted in an incorrect manner...'

And the second (main) clause can be paraphrased like this:

...the proposer is legally considered to have agreed to the acceptance (even though it was not accepted in the correct manner).

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