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if there were not forer if not foren forkortet form for?

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Rebecca

if not forkan også bruges alene. Det er ikke en forkortelse, men det ligner i betydning og funktion de udtryk, if it were not for, were it not for, if it was not for, was it not for, was it not for. Dette udtryk er in the absence of ..., ~ would have happened (hvis ... Hvis det ikke var for dette, ~ ville være sket). Eksempel: If it wasn't for my father's quick reflexes, we would have gotten into an accident. (Hvis det ikke var for min fars hurtige reflekser, ville vi have haft en ulykke.) Eksempel: If it weren't for my bad math scores, I would have gotten into a better university. (Hvis jeg ikke havde haft dårlige matematiske karakterer, kunne jeg være kommet ind på et bedre universitet.)

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