Re: ``If you don't want it, there are other nations who will''


Ar an chéad lá de mí na Nollaig, scríobh Ron Hardin:

A Get Smart episode, Oct 16 1965

``You can have the plans for the invisibility ray for ten million
dollars. If you don't want it, there are other nations who will.''

http://rhhardin.home.mindspring.com/smartwill.ram

It sounded bad to me to the point of making no sense.

I'm not sure what ellipsis rule it is. do/will, main verb vs rel clause
verb, negation repeated without the negation, but something disattaches
``will'' from ``want'' enough to leave me puzzled.

It works fine for me. (First language English, possibly not American enough
for you.)

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