Post B0NquAetrRCeFjLFhI by kakafarm@shitposter.world
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(DIR) Post #B0Np9muTj4l3K2wo0e by kakafarm@shitposter.world
2025-11-18T22:04:37.764894Z
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Is it "without X I would have never had Y" or "without X I would never had Y"?#english#englishgrammar#grammar#grammer#help
(DIR) Post #B0NpK7ueUclfMCxUm0 by IceCubeSoup@shitposter.world
2025-11-18T22:06:28.419067Z
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@kakafarm "Without X, I would never have had Y"
(DIR) Post #B0NpKS1PjC3niyHB5c by georgia@netzsphaere.xyz
2025-11-18T22:06:15.398340Z
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@kakafarm first one
(DIR) Post #B0NpSlOFbJKc6vvBgW by IceCubeSoup@shitposter.world
2025-11-18T22:08:01.704095Z
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@kakafarm but "without X I would have never had Y" works too. It just sounds a little informal to my ear.
(DIR) Post #B0NpcCZTuYub1AfuuO by kakafarm@shitposter.world
2025-11-18T22:09:45.659922Z
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@IceCubeSoup Okay. @georgia also said it works. I will have to think about which one goes better with what I am trying to say.
(DIR) Post #B0Npq3gFlPjPUvRxDs by kakafarm@shitposter.world
2025-11-18T22:12:15.860257Z
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@IceCubeSoup @georgia Thank you both!
(DIR) Post #B0Npt2JHJeHG7F7ib2 by IceCubeSoup@shitposter.world
2025-11-18T22:12:47.887002Z
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@kakafarm @georgia the odd thing is that you need both "have" and "had" in the same sentence. I am at a loss to figure out a way to explain *WHY*.
(DIR) Post #B0NqOO8WDQlGmp2Zii by meowski@fluf.club
2025-11-18T22:18:26.172438Z
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@kakafarm @georgia @IceCubeSoup i can't think of any example where the 2nd form would work
(DIR) Post #B0NqP6QRY9FA99lVlg by kakafarm@shitposter.world
2025-11-18T22:18:34.481656Z
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@IceCubeSoup @georgia Isn't it strange? Normal people tacitly know a ton of English grammar, but most wouldn't be able to explain how it works. We can just use them in our speech and say which sentence sounds odd.
(DIR) Post #B0NqQz5vmDM3zQ4HXU by kakafarm@shitposter.world
2025-11-18T22:18:56.235871Z
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@meowski @georgia @IceCubeSoup I made up my mind:https://codeberg.org/kakafarm/guile-clipboard-speaker/commit/620e4331361236b6bf831601bb0efcaba8f32301
(DIR) Post #B0NqXEwRlqJMsMcBcm by meowski@fluf.club
2025-11-18T22:20:02.101524Z
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@kakafarm @georgia @IceCubeSoup you chose wisely
(DIR) Post #B0NquAetrRCeFjLFhI by kakafarm@shitposter.world
2025-11-18T22:24:12.866507Z
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@meowski @georgia @IceCubeSoup It looks and sounds better than mine.