Sentence check (Guest:Kamila)

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#1229 Mon, 23 Jun 03 01:15 PM

Tell me whether the following sentence is correct: If I weren't interested in football I wouldn't have minded watching the film on Channel Two yesterday evening.

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hitchhiker

#1236 Mon, 23 Jun 03 05:30 PM

If I weren't interested in football I wouldn't have minded watching the film on Channel Two yesterday evening.

This is a toughy, perhaps a teacher could better answer it. I would write:

If I wasn't interested in football, I wouldn't have minded watching the film on Channel Two yesterday evening.

But it's too long:

Had I no interest in football, I would have watched the film on Channel Two yesterday evening.

Thanks to Maj

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maj

#1291 Wed, 25 Jun 03 08:51 AM

hey Hitch shouldn't the second sentence be a positive one?

1.Had I no interest in football, I wouldn't have minded watching the .........

2.Had I no interest in football, I WOULD have watched the film...

maj

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hitchhiker

#1323 Wed, 25 Jun 03 07:51 PM

O yes, you are right... i messed up! (Edited it)

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#45712 Wed, 15 Sep 04 04:45 PM

actually somebody has no interest to watch football but television.

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CalifJim

#45719 Wed, 15 Sep 04 05:05 PM

Guest: Kamila.
Yes, your sentence is correct.
The only thing you might do is add a comma after 'football'.

Smile [:)]

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redkiddy

#45895 Thu, 16 Sep 04 08:14 PM

hello friends
in this subject i am surprised or i had known wrongly
If I wasn't interested in football, I wouldn't have minded watching the film on Channel Two yesterday evening
it is type2: if +simple past , would/could/might/should V1
so if it is type2 it should be
"If I wasn't interested in football, I wouldn't minded watching ............
if it is type3 it should be
"if I hadn't been interested in football , I wouldn't have minded watching the film .........

please clarify me.........