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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...

Hi, The first examples are mixed conditionals. The first part is in the third conditional, because it talks about something that didn't happen in the past. The second part is in the second conditional, because it talks about something hypothetical in the present. If the second part (the result)...

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...

Ant_222 wrote:Marius: «Doesn't really work.» I felt the same way, but was interested what Kooyeen didn't like in «Suppose you are a woman, would you try...».It's not that I think it's awful, it's just that it's a mixed conditional. Mixed conditionals don't bother me at all, so I find that...

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...

If you mean the present: Yesterday I drank too much vodka. I would feel much better (now) if it had been wine. As to your second sentence, "would had been" is certainly wrong, while your #1 requires a context to decide whether it is correct. It might be some kind of mixed conditional, like: I...

Hi RotterYes, the possibility of making a new drug always exists, but the degree of probability varies.In sentences 4 and 5, the degree of probability that a powerful new drug to kill the AIDS virus will be developed is identical. You presented the condition (in the IF-clause) as likely in both...

Hi, The Graduate, Welcome to the forum! You're talking about conditional sentences. There are 3 types of them. If you ask 'What if you get married?', an anwer (although it's not actually an answer but just another question) is supposed to be with the verb 'will', i.e. 'Will you change your...

Hi,I think "If he died tomorrow..." is way better, especially because it's your friend, and you shouldn't be hoping he dies. That way it sounds like "I really hope he will make it".That said..."If he dies tomorrow, he would go to heaven" is a mixed conditional. You should avoid to use such...