0
Son James Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
they have flown to had they made the journey?
Please look at the following sentence.
"The birds stopped being restless since they had migrated to the night sky visible from central Africa,where they would have flown to had they actually made the journey"
[Q1] I just couldn't understand why a clause after "to had". Is it right in grammar? If yes, could you explain to me how can he write down like "to had they actually made the journey"
[Q2] Can I change "the night sky visible" to "the visible night sky"?
Thank you for your answer in advance.
"The birds stopped being restless since they had migrated to the night sky visible from central Africa,where they would have flown to had they actually made the journey"
[Q1] I just couldn't understand why a clause after "to had". Is it right in grammar? If yes, could you explain to me how can he write down like "to had they actually made the journey"
[Q2] Can I change "the night sky visible" to "the visible night sky"?
Thank you for your answer in advance.
Top answer
where they would have flown to [ (if they had actually made) ] 'to' doesn't go with 'had', it's the preposition after 'flown' (to where they would have flown. had migrated to the night sky, (which was) visible from Central Af... ]
- where they would have flown to [ (if they had actually made) ] 'to' doesn't go with 'had', it's the preposition after 'flown' (to where they would have flown.
- had migrated to the night sky, (which was) visible from Central Af...
- ]
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
4 Answers
0
...where they would have flown to [ (if they had actually made) ] 'to' doesn't go with 'had', it's the preposition after 'flown' (to where they would have flown.
I think that we need a comma after 'sky' - here, the adjective 'visible' is not used as we would normally use it in before a noun, but rather in a modifying phrase [ ...had migrated to the night sky, (which was) visible from Central
I think that we need a comma after 'sky' - here, the adjective 'visible' is not used as we would normally use it in before a noun, but rather in a modifying phrase [ ...had migrated to the night sky, (which was) visible from Central
00
Son James[Q1] I just couldn't understand why a clause after "to had". Is it right in grammar? If yes, could you explain to me how can he write down like "to had they actually made the journey"The 'to' goes with 'where they would have flown to', not with 'had'. 'Had they' = if they had.
Son James[Q2] Can I change "the nig
00
Thank you so much for your kind explanation. Thanks to you,I could fully understand that sentence.
00
Related Questions