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JLPT N1 Grammar

でなくてなんだろう

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N1 · Evaluation · noun + でなくてなんだろう

must be; what else could it be

noun + でなくてなんだろう

でなくてなんだろう uses a rhetorical question to strongly assert an evaluation.

It is common in written commentary and is quite strong.

これほど多くの人を救った行動が勇気でなくてなんだろう。

If saving so many people is not courage, what else could it be?

Do not use it for plain facts; it is strong evaluation.

It looks like a question but functions as assertion.

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