(He) capsized and would most likely have died had he not been wearing (X)

[jilar]

Me encuentro con este texto en un blog:
... (he) capsized and would [most likely] have died had he not been wearing (a drysuit)...
Paddler's Book Club: Chapter 15 Revisited

En principio, lo veo incorrecto. Faltan palabras y el orden es extraño.
Interpreto que lo que está diciendo sería esto:
Volcó y [probablemente] habría muerto si no hubiera llevado un traje seco.

Así que yo en inglés diría: ... would have died IF he HAD not been wearing ...

Me extraña la posición de HAD y la falta de IF, por ejemplo.
Pero me pregunto ¿es usual decirlo del modo en que está escrito?

 

[Learn More Each Day]

Esta es una forma mas formal de escribir y hablar. Estás correcto que es posible decir lo mismo con "would have died IF he HAD not been wearing ..."

Si no vamos a usar la palabra "if", tenemos que invertir el pronombre y el verbo "had".

Otros ejemplos:

less formal: If he had gone into the store, he would have seen the new display.
more formal; Had he gone into the store, he would have seen the new display.

less formal: She would have met him earlier if she had gone to the party.
more formal: She would have met him earlier had she gone to the party.

less formal: They would have eaten all the candy if they had known it was behind the stereo.
more formal: They would have eaten all the candy had they known it was behind the stereo.

Espero que esto es una ayuda y que puedes entender mi español...

 

[Darkicity]

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Esta es una forma mas formal de escribir y hablar. Estás correcto que es posible decir lo mismo con "would have died IF he HAD not been wearing ..."

Si no vamos a usar la palabra "if", tenemos que invertir el pronombre y el verbo "had".

Otros ejemplos:

less formal: If he had gone into the store, he would have seen the new display.
more formal; Had he gone into the store, he would have seen the new display.

less formal: She would have met him earlier if she had gone to the party.
more formal: She would have met him earlier had she gone to the party.

less formal: They would have eaten all the candy if they had known it was behind the stereo.
more formal: They would have eaten all the candy had they known it was behind the stereo.

Espero que esto es una ayuda y que puedes entender mi español...

Tengo una duda porque no me parece ser un cuestión de si es formal o no

 

[duvija]

Digamos, un registro algo más elevado. Sí, se le puede llamar 'más formal'. Pero nada raro.

 

[jilar]

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Espero que esto es una ayuda y que puedes entender mi español...

Perfectamente, gracias.

Y feliz año a todos

 

[Darkicity]

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