By Mixed conditionals

I'm not sure that there is a universally accepted definition of open conditional.Nevertheless, I've seen it used in opposition to the term hypothetical conditional.A hypothetical conditional is either the so-called Type 2 conditional:If it rained, we would need our umbrellas.Or the...

Jean-Francois, the only "trick" to reported speech is that sometimes the tense shifts back. It doesn't have to if the essential truth of the issue is still true, but it's never wrong to shift it back either. You can use the "that" - you are inconsistent in using...

1. I would play chess more if I didn't listen to pop music so much. But I listen a lot ... 3. I would play chess more if I had more time. But I do not have more time both are Present Unreal Conditional, as per:http://www.englishpage.com/conditional/presentconditional.html#presentunrealwhere...

Hi, i have some questions on the subject of present unreal conditionals and hope you would be able to help me. 1. I would play chess more if I didn't listen to pop music so much. If the sentence had the word 'had' in the 'if' clause, then I would have considered it a second...

The conditional is given by the if/should part in blue. That part is the condition, irrespective of what tenses you're using in it. Plainly speaking, I don't think you understand the meaning of would and in what circumstances it should be used. The if/should used in the subordinate...

, (then) ... would have ... UNREAL, COUNTERFACTUAL *The past is sometimes called the past subjunctive in this position. Only the verb to be has a special form (were in all persons and numbers) in this position.Other combinations of tenses in these kinds of if patterns have no...

Marius, I feel kinda scared writing another reply to you... If you are angry at me, just feel free to ignore me! «If this house had been white I'd have bought it. Past time.» Yep, this is the standard type 3, used in a past context. But there exist mixed conditionals. Here's a...

Hi Manisha,When we would like to relate a failure in the past to an ongoing activity that is still considered unfulfilled today, we can use a mixed conditional statement in which one relates a present unreal condition (i.e. verb in the simple past - TYPE II conditional ) to a past unreal /...

Hoa Thai wrote: Ruslana wrote:But there's also such a type as mixed conditionals. Maybe the answer A would match it then, more or less.Hi,I am not sure! We mix type II with type III when we are describing ongoing circumstances in relation to a previous past event. For example: If you weren't so...

Marius Hancu wrote:The mixed conditional with were in the past time is quite OK: Quint chats THE NINES with Ryan Reynolds and John August!!! -- Ain ... If you weren’t as prepared as you were, this would have been awful and wouldn’t have worked. ... I just got back from Pittsburgh...