In Tenses^x, Mixed conditionals^x

Newguest wrote:HIHI ! IS IT REALLY A BIG MISTAKE TO PUT A COMMA AFTER "ALI?" It is a little mistake. WHY CAN'T WE SAY "A BAD LUCK" The word 'luck' is uncountable. You cannot use 'a' with an uncountable noun. You can say something such as 'a bit of bad luck' or 'some bad luck', however. I...

HI IS IT REALLY A BIG MISTAKE TO PUT A COMMA AFTER "ALI?" WHY CAN'T WE SAY "A BAD LUCK" I WROTE "TODAY" AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE CAUSE, BUT MAYBE I'M WRONG, HE'S STILL ALIVE, THAT'S WHY I WROTE "HE WOULD SUFFER" I KNOW THERE IS SOMETHING LIKE MIXED CONDITIONALS. I WROTE "HE HADN'T BEEN A...

Then if you're asking about these...1. Suppose you were a woman, would you try to seduce him? 2. Suppose you are a woman, would you try to seduce him? ...the answer is that #1 is much better. In the second sentence there's a mixed conditional, but it's not the kind of mixed conditional that...

1. You said "If tomorrow is nice, I could go for a walk" is a mixed conditional? Yes. The 'unmixed' form is "If tomorrow is nice, I can go for a walk." But that "could" is not counterfactual, so I think those kinds of sentences are fine as they are. Yes, it's OK. Do you usually say "You...

Thank you so much! You posted a lot... are you still ok? I'm still convinced modals are toxic. The problem is that I am even more confused! Everything in your post was confusing to me I've been trying to understand this for a long time, now I feel like all I know is wrong... I think I'll...

A) Are there any verbs that are usually not backshifted, and the whole sentence is rearranged instead? I think you mentioned "should". For example, if someone says "I should see a doctor", the reported version would be "He said he had to see a doctor" or "He said he'd better see a doctor" or...

Would it be OK if has become a set phrase used for politeness. The conditionality of the word if is almost absent, and the phrase is in reality just a weaker, more tentative version of Is it OK if. Because of this, it seems to have the force of a present tense in meaning, if not in form. I...

Conchita57 wrote:This is not the usual combination of tenses in conditional sentences. You could say either:'If I were in your shoes, I would kill him' (unreal situation in the present/future)or:'If I had been in your shoes, I would have killed him' (unreal situation in the past). Actually it...

Hi Jack,my try:I would not put myself in a position where I jeopardized the people working for me, or those for whom I worked, for the sake of vanity.I don't know the exact terms to refer to those words. Let's say those two "past tenses" are kind of like two "subjunctives" or "unreality past...

Tlzone08 wrote:I thought you can use "If I have money, I will help you." OK and "If I have money, I would help you." No, that's not OK Here, HAVE is the present tense, and WOULD is the past tense. In the sentence above, 'would help' is conditional (i.e. 'would' is not the...