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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Would you like to explain the last two sentences to me ?

It doesn't matter twopence whether it is done anonymously or not . After all , when you right a wrong which you have done , you do it for your own satisfaction , and to lean your own slate . You don't do it so that Tom Jones next door should say what a jolly good fellow you are . If you do , then you are going about it in the wrong spirit .


would you like to explain the last two sentences to me ? what do both " you don't it " and " you do " refer to ? I can't comprehend their meaning .


If I make any mistakes on grammar in my questions written above , please point it out for me , thanks .
  

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do it ~ right a wrong You don't do it ~ You do not right a wrong If you do ~ If you right a wrong so that others will think that you are a good person CJ

— CalifJim

  • do it ~ right a wrong You don't do it ~ You do not right a wrong If you do ~ If you right a wrong so that others will think that you are a good person CJ
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do it ~ right a wrong
You don't do it ~ You do not right a wrong
If you do ~ If you right a wrong so that others will think that you are a good person

CJ
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the last sentence , if you do,righting a wrong,you are going about it in a wrong spirit?
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Anonymousthe last sentence , if you do,righting a wrong,you are going about it in a wrong spirit?
Last sentence:

If you do, then you are going about it in the wrong spirit.
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If you do what was just described in the previous sentence, then you are going about it in the wrong spirit.
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If you right a wrong so that others will think that
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