has is not been

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
1

Hi,

‘Has it not been’ your continuous support, I wouldn’t be standing here receiving this award.

Is this sentence correct?

2

No. ‘Had it not been…’

3

Hi Ricky,

In addition to what Mr M said:
Had it not been for your continuous support…

4

Yes indeed.

5

I wonder which of these two sentences is correct actually.

Had it not been for your support, I wouldn’t be standing here receiving this award.

or

Wasn’t it for your support, I wouldn’t be standing here receiving this award.

Are they both correct but with different meaning? If so, please explain the slightness.

Thanks

6

Hello E2,

The first one of the two is correct, just as MM indicated.

To use ‘wasn’t for’ you would say:
If it wasn’t for your support, I wouldn’t be standing here receiving this reward.

By the way, use of ‘actually’ in your question is superfluous. A native English speaker wouldn’t use it there.

7

Hi E2e4,

In the same way that you say ‘Had it not been for’ so you would say: ‘Was it not for’.

Alan

8

Or ‘were it not for’.

9

Hi I think if your are not continue support I will not standing here receive this award thanks Laurens

10

Sorry Laurens, that doesn’t work.

11

thanks.

12

Do you say

  1. suːˈpɜːfluəs or

  2. sjuːˈpɜːfluəs

Thanks

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14

I think my first chance to hear you, BN. What a treat!

15

Ditto above!

16

I think we should thank E2e4, for without him and his question, we wouldn’t be able to hear Bee’s voice ^^. There are also some native speakers, whose voice I really want to hear (Jamie, Amy, Mister Micawber…) :).

17

You won’t get mine. I have a nasty little nasal whine.

18

Bad excuse, MM. I can fix it, I’m a sound guy. haha cheers…

19

Hi Charles,

‘A nasty little nasal whine’, come off it! Let us be the judge of that. That’s certainly not the way you look!

Alan

20

And what a nice baritone! I am intimidated by those gorgeous British accents.