第三个例子,出自 Walter Bupp 的小说 Card Trick:
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3 K+ Z6 i# y$ W+ ]"Not if you were really trying," she said. "Were you?"
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" o* r, w. R% `. a4 }) ^1 H第四个例子,出自 Amy Le Feuvre 的小说 Bulbs and Blossoms:! r5 _: |4 `9 ]9 U
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3 g5 {: I, B# W1 E v第五个例子,出自匿名作家的小说 Forbidden Fruit:
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6 y9 [7 z0 W U. t% } u"Oh, Mary, I've done it for you; that will make a baby the image of myself."
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"Not if I can prevent it, Percy, the very last time I went to the chemist's I bought an enema and some sulphate of zinc, so you will see I don't want any babies; if you only knew what an awful thing it is for an unmarried girl to have one, you would not wish to have it happen to me."
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注意体会 Not if 后何时用虚拟语气,何时不用。 |