By Commas, Mixed conditionals

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...

The comma is misplaced in the original, Jack, and there are a couple of other anomalies-- perhaps poorly edited or written by a non-native speaker? It should read: Logically thinking, you would not shorten the hours or shut the store down, because you need the sales. The first two...

I too would subscribe to the 'blather'/'mixed-up conditional' theory. The speaker confidently strides through his IF clause; finds himself on the brink of the crashingly anticlimactic 'it will be a good thing'; steps quickly back from the comma; reaches for a woolly 'would' clause instead....