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Warrener Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
'were it not'?
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00 That half of the light 01 b 00 would 02 b 00 be lost 01 b 00 were it not 02 b 00 for the extraordinary structure of the scales. 02 br
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00 Is this a special grammar usage? 0-
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00 That half of the light 01 b 00 would 02 b 00 be lost 01 b 00 were it not 02 b 00 for the extraordinary structure of the scales. 02 br
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00 Is this a special grammar usage? 0-
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0 "Were it not for X" is synonymous to "if there were not X". 02 br
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01 cite 10 Warrener 12 cite 12 br
10 Here is a sentence: 12 br
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10 That half of the light 11 b 10 would 12 b 10 be lost 11 b 10 were it not 12 b 10 for the extraordinary structure of the scales. 12 br
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10 Is this a special grammar usage? 12 br
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01 cite 10 Warrener 12 cite 12 br
10 Here is a sentence: 12 br
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10 That half of the light 11 b 10 would 12 b 10 be lost 11 b 10 were it not 12 b 10 for the extraordinary structure of the scales. 12 br
12 br
10 Is this a special grammar usage? 12 br
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