Hi,
Thank you for sharing the context! :)
You’re right to pull this sentence out. I noticed a couple typos that I have corrected.
What Dominique actually says is: “… if I see the woman on the street, am I going to get to borrow said ring that I helped put in on?”
In the last message, I gave you my most academically grammatical suggestion (which included a typo of “it” instead of “in”). However, in this corrected context, it is important to remember that Dominique is using casual, spoken English.
I think the most confusing part is her use of the casual phrasal verb “put in on.” This means: to give money for a purpose. She “put in on” the purchase of the ring, in this example.
Also, she is using a question form of the first conditional and imagining that this might possibly happen in the future. It’s a hypothetical (not proven to be true) use of the first conditional.
Hopefully, that helps you make more sense of this!
Also, I have never heard/read “the said” before a noun, only one or the other. They basically do the same job, but “said” is an older, more classic version of a definite article. ;)
Best,
Amy
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