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Michaelc1 Posted 4 years ago
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Understanding this sentence

So I can across this sentence while I was trying to read...

"They could not have had a more perfect day for a garden party if they had ordered it."


May I know what "if they had ordered it" plays a role here?

  

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michaelc1 May I know what "if they had ordered it" plays a role here? Can you tell me what role "if they had ordered it" plays here? Note how to ask your question.

  • michaelc1 May I know what "if they had ordered it" plays a role here?
  • Can you tell me what role "if they had ordered it" plays here?
  • Note how to ask your question.
  • Even if they had ordered a perfect day (an impossibility), the day could not have been more perfect than it already was.
  • Compare: I could not have had any better treatment if I were royalty.
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michaelc1May I know what "if they had ordered it" plays a role here?
Can you tell me what role "if they had ordered it" plays here?

Note how to ask your question.


Even if they had ordered a perfect day (an impossibility), the day could not have been more perfect than it already was.

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