My hardware store’s partner is a nice person, all kind and well-intentioned but a foolish one, and I tell you, if I did let him rule things, we’d be bankrupt by the end of the month.

Agustín

Dec 22, 2020 12:01 PM

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My hardware store’s partner is a nice person, all kind and well-intentioned but a foolish one, and I tell you, if I did let him rule things, we’d be bankrupt by the end of the month.

“If I did let” is an emphatic form of “If I let (past)” - both are correct More examples: If I allowed him to run the business, we would be ... If I did allow him to run the business, we would be ... [emphatic, uncommon]

December 22, 2020

My business partner at my hardware store is a nice person. He is very kind and well-intentioned, but also foolish. If he was in charge we’d be bankrupt by the end of the month!

I hope you are in charge of the finances then! Try to split things up into smaller sentences.

December 22, 2020

My hardware store’s partner is a nice person, kind and well intentioned but a foolish one, and I can tell you that if I did let him rule things, we’d be bankrupt by the end of the month.

December 22, 2020

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