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SpoonfedBaby  +  116232 Thu, 07 Jul 05 03:44 PM
Hello Smile [:)]

I heard a sentence in which I don’t understand the verb tense pattern in the Martin Scorsese movie “The Age of the Innocence.”   The caption of the movie confirmed the sentence.


Here is the sentence:
Ellen will be losing a great deal if she stayed here.

Should it be “Ellen will be losing a great deal if she stays here?”

Thank you very much,

Spoonfedbaby
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Eimai_Anglos  +  116236 Thu, 07 Jul 05 03:50 PM
QUOTE: Ellen will be losing a great deal if she stayed here.

Should it be "Ellen will be losing a great deal if she stays here?”

In my opinion, yes. Or, alternatively, "Ellen would be losing a great deal if she stayed here."
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SpoonfedBaby  +  116292 Thu, 07 Jul 05 07:24 PM
Many thanks to Eimai_Anglos.

Efharisto para poli. (I think it means "thank you very much") Big Smile [:D]

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HaffiezMike  +  116299 Thu, 07 Jul 05 07:44 PM

 SpoonfedBaby wrote:
Hello Smile [:)]

I heard a sentence in which I don’t understand the verb tense pattern in the Martin Scorsese movie “The Age of the Innocence.”   The caption of the movie confirmed the sentence.


Here is the sentence:
Ellen will be losing a great deal if she stayed here.

Should it be “Ellen will be losing a great deal if she stays here?”

Thank you very much,

Spoonfedbaby

So far as I know, It's ok with the sentence Smile [:)]

Ellen WILL be losing a great deal IF she STAYED here

Ellen WOULD be losing a great deal IF she STAYS here

That's what I know so far Smile [:)]
HaffiezMike
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I'd be happy to help you guys but I warn : I'm the kind of person who can easily gets confused :) and I'm not so native but been speaking British English since I was...
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Eimai_Anglos, 4 yr 257 days ago
No, those are incorrect. You are mixing the tenses.
Anonymous, 4 yr 256 days ago

OK Smile [:)] Now i'm confused Smile [:)] Because I asked (posted) something related with this thread Smile [:)] And that's what most people told me (I posted bout 'IF')

And most of them told me few examples such as : Would.... if... stays and Will... if... stayed Smile [:)]

So... What is the TRUTH? Smile [:)]

Mister Micawber, 4 yr 256 days ago

I agree with Eimai.


CalifJim  +  117169 Mon, 11 Jul 05 05:46 AM
"will" goes with "stays"; "would" goes with "stayed".

Tenses that typically go together in the "present point of view":  Present, "has ...", "will ...", "can ...", "is going to ..."
Tenses that typically go together in the "past point of view":  Past, "had ...", "would ...", "could ...", "was going to ..."

CJ
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