Hypothesis or conditional

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Rotter

#439637 Tue, 06 Nov 07 09:17 PM

If I had the money, I would buy a new car.

The above is a conditional sentence.

If I won 20 million dollars, I would buy an airplane.

The above is a hypothetical statement, as far as I understand.

However, it borders a conditional sentence too.

Is it a conditional sentence or hypothetical sentence?

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Feebs11

#439640 Tue, 06 Nov 07 09:33 PM

It is a conditional sentence about a hypothetical situation.

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Rotter

#439655 Tue, 06 Nov 07 10:43 PM

Thanks Feebs for the reply.

If I had won 20 million dollars 10 years ago, I would have bought an airplane.
Is the above too grammatically corret ?

Rotter

Yoong Liat

#439785 Wed, 07 Nov 07 10:18 AM

Rotter wrote:
Thanks Feebs for the reply.

If I had won 20 million dollars 10 years ago, I would have bought an airplane.
Is the above too grammatically corret ?

Yes, it is.

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Marius Hancu

#439786 Wed, 07 Nov 07 10:22 AM

You'd also see:

Had I won 20 million dollars 10 years ago, I would have bought an airplane.

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Rotter

#440025 Wed, 07 Nov 07 11:28 PM

Marius
It seems you forgot the question mark at the end.

Had I won 20 million dollars 10 years ago, I would have bought an airplane.

I think it should be the following:

Had I won 20 million dollars 10 years ago, I would have bought an airplane?

Rotter

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Marius Hancu

#440028 Wed, 07 Nov 07 11:49 PM

No, that's for when you have a question in the 2nd part:

Had I won 20 million dollars 10 years ago, would I have bought an airplane?

Marius Hancu