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Re: Conditional dilemma

Believer wrote:Side question: A lot of dictionaries seem to indicate that the word 'subjunctive' is usually precede with the article 'the', but lately I seem to see cases where it is made plural or it with 'a' in front of it (like 'a subjunctive'). Are they correct? are ...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Cool Breeze 1 yr 95 days ago Articles Plurals Tenses Present tenses Subjunctives Past tenses Definite articles Conditionals Paragraphs
Re: conditional

MIA6 wrote:1. If I were you, ...... Is 'were' the only word matching with 'I' when we talk about conditional? 'were' here doesn't mean past tense, right? Right. 2. Though the best people breed with best people and they finally get a good child which has all good traits, (but) in this...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Feebs11 1 yr 96 days ago Tenses Commas Past tenses Conditionals
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1. If I were you, ...... Is 'were' the only word matching with 'I' when we talk about conditional? 'were' here doesn't mean past tense, right? 2. Though the best people breed with best people and they finally get a good child which has all good traits, (but) in this soceity, not everyone is...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by MIA6 1 yr 96 days ago Tenses Commas Past tenses Conditionals
Re: What does 'blow the whistle' mean?

Hi Goodman, I'm curious about the tense switch in your sentence. Could you please explain why you switched from the present tense to the past tense within a sentence? If I were to make it hypothetical (Type 2 conditional), I would write as follows: If I knew someone is using the company...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by New2grammar 1 yr 99 days ago Tenses Present tenses Past tenses Conditionals
Re: sentence

There's nothing wrong with the sentence except that it's in the wrong context, mixing present and past. Do you remember how we had a secret knock when we were young? If I knocked once, you would reply with 3 knocks in 5 seconds. If you didn't knock, I would suspect that you were...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by CalifJim 1 yr 102 days ago Tenses Present tenses Past tenses Conditionals
Re: past perfect vs past in if-clause in type 2 conditional

Let's spread out the issue a little bit: ____ O ____ Type 2. Basic forms. a. If we caught the 10 o'clock train, we would (could, might, etc.) get there by lunch-time. b. If I came into a fortune, I would give up smoking. c. If I knew how it worked, I could tell...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by yulysess 1 yr 103 days ago Regards Grammar Verbs Constructions Tenses Clauses Present tenses Past perfect Modals Expressions Universities Past tenses Conditionals English grammar Modal verbs

Re: "shall" and "will" for 18th century readers: interchangeable?

Ok, I got it but I don't know how to put the link here so i'll just paste the context here. This was given by CalifJim as response to the subject "Conditional with Modal Verbs"... Strictly speaking, the modals are not tensed. However, they developed historically...

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Intelligent Freak 1 yr 107 days ago

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Re: until

New2grammar wrote:Sorry guys, I still don't quite understand all different variants. Below is the summary of all variants posted: Original If everything has gone according to plan, the chamber will have been pressurized until it reached a simulated underwater ''depth'' of 2,132 feet early...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Yankee 1 yr 116 days ago Grammar Tenses Past tenses Conditionals
Re: Conditional statement

Goodman wrote:This is definitely not a past tense construction but conditional of the 3rd kind. If I hadn't broken my leg last week, (but in fact you have therefore you can't play) I would have played the game tomorrow.The "I would have played" context carries an implication that the game had...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Kooyeen 1 yr 122 days ago Constructions Tenses Past tenses Conditionals
Re: Conditional statement

Kooyeen wrote:Hi,good question. I think both are ok. You can use "would have + past participle" to talk about the future too:Not 100% sure though. We better wait for the others My take is this: This is definitely not a past tense construction but conditional of the 3rd kind. If I hadn't...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Goodman 1 yr 122 days ago Constructions Tenses Past tenses Conditionals

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