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Jigneshbharati Posted 6 years ago
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What Max had
What Max had not bargained for, when the bunch of people moved off at the peep-peep-peeping of the little green man, was that another bunch would be coming towards him from the other side of the street.
I read the above in "The Hodgeheg" by Dickking-Smith.
I found the sentence very long and hard to understand.
What is the grammatical form and function of "what"? Is "for" a preposition in "bargained for"? What is the object of the preposition for here?
I couldn't figure out the use of the past perfect "had not bargained...
I read the above in "The Hodgeheg" by Dickking-Smith.
I found the sentence very long and hard to understand.
What is the grammatical form and function of "what"? Is "for" a preposition in "bargained for"? What is the object of the preposition for here?
I couldn't figure out the use of the past perfect "had not bargained...
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Jigneshbharati Is "for" a preposition in "bargained for"? What is the object of the preposition for here? "Bargain for/on" is a phrasal verb meaning "to expect or be prepared for something".
- Jigneshbharati Is "for" a preposition in "bargained for"?
- What is the object of the preposition for here?
- "Bargain for/on" is a phrasal verb meaning "to expect or be prepared for something".
- org/dictionary/english/bargain-for-on-sth ) Cambridge is good for this sort of thing.
- The object ot the preposition is often unspoken, but here you can suppose it's "what".
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Jigneshbharati Is "for" a preposition in "bargained for"? What is the object of the preposition for here?
"Bargain for/on" is a phrasal verb meaning "to expect or be prepared for something". ( https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/ba
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