He wouldn't have gone to school yesterday if he had injured his leg, but we don't know that he has. Has could only refer to injur.
He wouldn't have gone to school yesterday if he had injured his leg, but I don't know if he did. Did leads me to think of "gol" but it could also refer to injur.
to remove any ambiguity:
He wouldn't have gone to school yesterday if he had injured his leg but I don't know if he (has) injured it.
He wouldn't have gone to school yesterday if he had injured his leg but I don't know if he went.
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January 3, 2019
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i agree, this as is a subordinating conjunction of comparison
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January 3, 2019
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few and a few have very different meanings, they are not interchangeable .
few = an insufficent number i.e. not enough
a few = some
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December 30, 2018
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these are minimal pairs that differ only in the first syllable.
except's first syllable shares the same pronunciation as:
the ex in exhaust, express, exhale, exist
accept's first syllable shares the same pronunciation as:
the ack in back, track, sack, lack
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December 30, 2018
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the first sentence is difficult for you to understand because of the omission of 'that' before "the visiting goalkeeper". This is a common omission in natural English speech.
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December 30, 2018
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in can be used as a purpose preposition, answering "what's the sense in doing that?".
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December 30, 2018
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the verb allow takes the to-infinitive, so the to that you don't like is, in fact, correct.
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December 30, 2018
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no. 10 and no. 9 are players. I'm not a football fan but I understand that much.
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December 30, 2018
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There are no mistakes. None of your suggestions are better than the original. it's not impossible that you can see mistakes in a high-profile newspaper like the Guardian, but they are rare.