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Mihuandrei1991 Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

What is wrong here?

"If you don't get the joke at the beginning it's going to lose its sens if anyone explains to you" Is it correct from a grammatical point of view?



Off topic: "If you were driving a Tesla would it be called an Edison" I found this joke on youtube and one guy didn't understand the joke, I replied with the above phrase

  

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If you don't get the joke at the beginning , it's going to lose its sens e if anyone explains it to you. This is grammatical and perfectly intelligible, but some aspects, such as the "If ... " combination, are not ideal stylistically.

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  • If you don't get the joke at the beginning , it's going to lose its sens e if anyone explains it to you.
  • This is grammatical and perfectly intelligible, but some aspects, such as the "If ...
  • " combination, are not ideal stylistically.
  • Perhaps you could get rid of one of the "if"s by just saying this: The joke is going to lose its point if someone has to explain it to you.
  • The fact that they don't get it is implied by the word "explain" anyway.
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If you don't get the joke at the beginning, it's going to lose its sense if anyone explains it to you.

This is grammatical and perfectly intelligible, but some aspects, such as the "If ... if ..." combination, are not ideal stylistically. Perhaps you could get rid of one of the "if"s by just saying this:

The joke is going to lose its point if someone

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Mihuandrei1991"If you don't get the joke at the beginning it's going to lose its sense if anyone explains it to you" Is it correct from a grammatical point of view?

It's grammatically correct as shown, but it can be summarized more succinctly as:

A joke loses its punch if it ha

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