In Conditionals^x, Mixed conditionals^x

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...

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 yesterday. ...

Hi AnonI agree that 'had looked' would be the standard format. The broader context will sometimes justify a mixed conditional, but it's hard to imagine what justification there might be. Perhaps they had something like this in mind: A: Why don't you look?B: I did look! I always look.A: If...

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 blind to...

But there's also such a type as mixed conditionals. Maybe the answer A would match it then, more or less.

will that violate the conditional structure? It just creates a "mixed conditional". CJ

Twenty years ago, that it wouldn't have been a big problem if a junior high school teacher slapped a student's face. slapped as a substitute for had slapped. Mixed conditional. Twenty years ago, that it wouldn't be a big problem if a junior high school teacher slapped a student's face. ...

Twenty years ago, it wouldn't have been a big problem if a junior high school teacher slapped a student's face. Twenty years ago, it wouldn't be a big problem if a junior high school teacher slapped a student's face. Twenty years ago, it wouldn't have been a big problem if a junior high school...

In the past, if you wanted to eat Japanese food, you would have had to go to Japan but now, you can find Japanese restaurants all around the world, from New York to Istanbul or Sydney. Is such a structure possible in the English L language?Yes. This structure is called a mixed...