Native speaker here; I think it’s acceptable. It gives a connotation along the lines of, “had it not been for the fact that he would die, he would have no other reason for doing X.”
Non-native speaker here; I agree with you. I knew what “insofar as” meant, and the statement parsed fine.
Native speaker here; I think it’s acceptable. It gives a connotation along the lines of, “had it not been for the fact that he would die, he would have no other reason for doing X.”
Non-native speaker here; I agree with you. I knew what “insofar as” meant, and the statement parsed fine.