But upon my word I sometimes have had moments when if I had happened to be slapped in

[svidrigaylov]

But upon my word I sometimes have had moments when if I had happened to be slapped in the face I should, perhaps, have been positively glad of it.

Could you explain the sentence grammatically?

Source: Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevesky

 

[emsr2d2]

But upon my word I sometimes have had moments when if I had happened to be slapped in the face I should, perhaps, have been positively glad of it.

Could you explain the sentence grammatically?

[STRIKE]Thanks in advance.[/STRIKE]

[STRIKE]quoted from[/STRIKE] Source: Notes From Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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[svidrigaylov]

i didn't understand 'if' after coming 'when'.I thought 'when' as an relative clause, isn't it?

 

[emsr2d2]

I didn't understand 'if' coming after [STRIKE]coming[/STRIKE] 'when'. space here I thought 'when' was [STRIKE]an[/STRIKE] a relative clause. [STRIKE]isn't it?[/STRIKE] Am I wrong?

Does my added punctuation below help you to make sense of it?

But upon my word I sometimes have had moments when, if I had happened to be slapped in the face, I should, perhaps, have been positively glad of it.