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Persian Learner Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Which option suits best?

HI.

He wouldn’t be the star he is today -------------- a good impression in his early films.
1) if not made 2) not having made 3) had he not made 4) if he didn’t make
  

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3) However, we prefer that you offer at least a guess in this type of question. Then if you are wrong, we can explain why and increase your learning opportunity.
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Thanks.

My guess is number 4. Number 3 doesn't make sense to me at all.

"He wouldn't be the star he is today had he not made a good impression in his early films."

This structure is a little bit weird to me. it doesn't have ' If ' as a conditional type 3!



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Persian LearnerThis structure is a little bit weird to me. it doesn't have ' If ' as a conditional type 3!
had he not made = if he had not made
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Thanks.

Which section of grammar book should I look for this structure?
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Persian LearnerWhich section of grammar book should I look for this structure?
Try googling "inversion in conditional sentences."

These two links might help, but I'm sure you can find even more information about it.

http://www.grammaring.com/conditio
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