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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

using if or not?

I saw this sentence in a dictionary,so I wanted to know is it possible to omit conjunction (if) or not?





He mused on how different his life would have been, had he not met Louisa.







  

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These are both fine: He mused on how different his life would have been had he not met Louisa. He mused on how different his life would have been if he had not met Louisa.

  • These are both fine: He mused on how different his life would have been had he not met Louisa.
  • He mused on how different his life would have been if he had not met Louisa.
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These are both fine:

He mused on how different his life would have been had he not met Louisa.
He mused on how different his life would have been if he had not met Louisa.

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