if there were not foradakah if not forbentuk yang dipendekkan?
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Rebecca
if not forjuga boleh digunakan sendiri. Ia bukan singkatan, tetapi ia serupa dengan makna dan fungsi kepada ungkapan if it were not for, were it not for, if it was not for, was it not for, was it not for. Ungkapan ini in the absence of ..., ~ would have happened (jika ... Jika bukan kerana ini, ~ akan berlaku). Contoh: If it wasn't for my father's quick reflexes, we would have gotten into an accident. (Jika bukan kerana refleks cepat ayah saya, kita akan mengalami kemalangan.) Contoh: If it weren't for my bad math scores, I would have gotten into a better university. (Jika saya tidak mempunyai gred matematik yang buruk, saya boleh masuk ke universiti yang lebih baik.)