if there were not forje if not forskrajšana oblika?
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Rebecca
if not forse lahko uporablja tudi samostojno. To ni okrajšava, vendar je po pomenu in funkciji podobna izrazom if it were not for, were it not for, if it was not for, was it not for, was it not for. Ta izraz je in the absence of ..., ~ would have happened (če ... Če ne bi bilo tega, bi se ~ zgodilo). Primer: If it wasn't for my father's quick reflexes, we would have gotten into an accident. (Če ne bi bilo očetovih hitrih refleksov, bi imeli nesrečo.) Primer: If it weren't for my bad math scores, I would have gotten into a better university. (Če ne bi imel slabih ocen matematike, bi lahko prišel na boljšo univerzo.)