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Mr. Tom Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
The use of "if"
Hi
Could you please help me understand the use of if here? The speaker had a very unexpected meeting with his friend in a far away graveyard. He hugs him and says:
Tom
Could you please help me understand the use of if here? The speaker had a very unexpected meeting with his friend in a far away graveyard. He hugs him and says:
If anyone ever told me that I'd be meeing you here!Thanks,
Tom
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This is meant purely in a jokey, loose form. "If anyone ever told me that I'd meeting you here, [then I would have been far happier to come]". In the context of the speaker not being happy to come, for example.
- This is meant purely in a jokey, loose form.
- "If anyone ever told me that I'd meeting you here, [then I would have been far happier to come]".
- In the context of the speaker not being happy to come, for example.
- Unfortunately, it is very hard to judge with so little of the content provided, however if you can elaborate on the surrounding content it may help us to establish the author's exact meaning.
- Is there a particular reason for why this particular fellow being there would have made a difference to the speaker?
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This is meant purely in a jokey, loose form.
"If anyone ever told me that I'd meeting you here, [then I would have been far happier to come]".
In the context of the speaker not being happy to come, for example. Unfortunately, it is very hard to judge with so little of the content provided, however if you can elaborate on the surrounding content it may help us to establis
"If anyone ever told me that I'd meeting you here, [then I would have been far happier to come]".
In the context of the speaker not being happy to come, for example. Unfortunately, it is very hard to judge with so little of the content provided, however if you can elaborate on the surrounding content it may help us to establis
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I think it's a bit simpler than that.
If anyone had told me that this would happen, ...
...I would not have believed them.
or
...I would have thought they were nuts.
...I would asked what planet they were from.
It's simply an expression to express GREAT surprise and seeing the person there.
If anyone had told me that this would happen, ...
...I would not have believed them.
or
...I would have thought they were nuts.
...I would asked what planet they were from.
It's simply an expression to express GREAT surprise and seeing the person there.
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