English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Two clauses or one?
We can't do this alone, not without him.
The underlined phrase can't be a second adverbial (alone, without him) because it would be a double negative, right?
Are we to treat it as an ellipted second main clause? (We can't do this alone; we can not do this alone without him).
Thank you
The underlined phrase can't be a second adverbial (alone, without him) because it would be a double negative, right?
Are we to treat it as an ellipted second main clause? (We can't do this alone; we can not do this alone without him).
Thank you
Top answer
Hi, What you say sounds reasonable. Clive
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