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We are teaching in China. We are still confused about the following questions. What is the correct way for this sentence to be stated: I still remember the whole thing, as if it happened yesterday. OR I still remember the whole thing, as if it had happened yesterday. We've read your...

Very interesting, isn't it? I have to come across thousands of mixed conditionals to get through "If-structure". Keep your finger crossed for me. Thanks, Paddock

If it's functioning well, you'll be able to walk right past the bowl of potato chips and wait until dinner to eat. But even if you'd normally grab the chips, you can retrain your brain. How are you doing, MrP, I wouldn't think "would"(in this sentence) as a habitual activity. But it...

This structure is so curiously deceptive that it possesses a sort of nameless charm! Even if you would normally grab the chips, ... is the approximate equal of: In spite of the fact that you and proximate. This is why, for some situations, mixed conditionals exist. Why? because a...

Hello Jack 1. I think my total cost would come to $500 if I don't buy expensive parts. => 1a. If I don't buy expensive parts, (I think) my total cost would come to $500. — mixed conditional, types 1/2. The speaker gives an impression of an immediate action in the IF clause (he is about to...

"The moment we ..(see) the police ..(follow) us we will start to run away." This is really a conditional sentence; (first conditional expressing future possibilty) "If we see the police, then we will run away" You could use a mixed conditional, but this will change the meaning of the...

Thank you, Abbie. It was terrible. I remember one pair of great hulking brutes who used to pin me against the wall during break time and try to make me split infinitives and end my sentences with prepositions. And if I refused – well, let's just say I still can't bear to watch Star Trek. ...

Hello Jack If so, why can't I use this mixed conditional? 1. If I am still living round here, I would have bought a guard dog too. This has a very strange meaning, as it stands. It's an inferential if-statement, rather than a conditional: the main clause draws a conclusion from the...

Okay, so this is a mixed conditonal right? 3a. If I were still living round here, I would have bought a guard dog too. If so, why can't I use this mixed conditional? 1. If I am still living round here, I would have bought a guard dog too. Or is it, imaginary verbs (would, didn't,...

Dear teachers, Would you please tell me if the following sentences are correct? 1) a) Since I live (or Since I am ?) in NY I have been used to noise and pollution. b) I have long been used to living alone. 2)a) When will you tell me about what I will / would have to do? b) I...