Anonymous  +  344685 Wed, 28 Mar 07 08:24 PM I am a bit confused with this: I want to tell something about the future, for example: "If it was open, then I will give it to you" is that correct in speaking? Anonymous

	Doll  +  344701 Wed, 28 Mar 07 10:17 PM If it is open, I will give it to you(On condition that it is open I will give it to you.)      If it was open, I would give it to you.(I would/was going to  give it to you but it isn't open so, I couldn't give)  Which one do you mean? Doll Joined on Sat, Mar 10 2007 Senior Member 2,811

	Philip  +  344772 Thu, 29 Mar 07 04:02 AM  Doll wrote: If it is open, I will give it to you(On condition that it is open I will give it to you.)      If it was open, I would give it to you.(I would/was going to  give it to you but it isn't open so, I couldn't give)   If it were open, I would give it to you.  =  I would like to give it to you, but since it is not open, I cannot. Which one do you mean?   And to add the 3rd category:  If it had been open, I would have given it to you.  (It wasn't open and I didn't give it to you.) Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,733 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen

	Grammar Geek  +  344792 Thu, 29 Mar 07 05:23 AM You need to be a little more specific about what type of help you need. If you post a few examples of things that you find confusing, we can try to help you. Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,652 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!