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Latest post Mon, Feb 9 2009 5:46 AM by Oprahruru. 4 replies.
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Bamtori  +  666571 Sun, 08 Feb 09 09:37 AM
Teachers, is this grammatically correct? Is it a mixed conditional?

If he was going to do something crazy, he would've done it by now.

I suppose the IF conditional of the above is the future unreal conditional, or would it be just a real past conditional? Please help!!! Thanks so much!
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Oprahruru  +  666828 Sun, 08 Feb 09 05:38 PM
Bamtori,

I am not sure which conditional it is, if any, but the sentence seems grammatically correct to me besides that. Though, "would've" is not technically a proper word.

-Ruru
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Bamtori  +  667377 Mon, 09 Feb 09 04:48 AM
Thanks so much for your explanation Ruru!  Please see below an example of the Future Unreal Conditional:

ex)If I were going to go to Fiji next week, I would be taking my scuba diving gear with me.

This suggests that "I am not going to go to Fiji and I am not going to take my scuba gear with me."

Then does that sentence, "If he was(were?) going to do something crazy, he would have done it by now.", suggests that "He is not going to do something crazy because he has not done anything crazy so far."?


I would appreciate any help! Thanks!!!


yadoo86  +  667401 Mon, 09 Feb 09 04:57 AM
the verb to be in if form still the same even pronoun change, for example:

if I were you
if he were you
.
.
.
so on

The same thing to Have, examples:
if I have a car..
if he have a car..
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Oprahruru  +  667535 Mon, 09 Feb 09 05:46 AM
Going by your explanation of the future unreal conditional I would have to say that the sentence is a future unreal conditional. And is grammatically correct. Big Smile
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