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Then it's wouldn't.Though some variation is possible in the right situation, the typical groups of tenses that go together in the same sentence are:Present perfect - Present - Future of the Present (will) - Most modal verbs, including can, may, must, shouldOR Past Perfect - Past - Future...

Hi, A:How is it different? Is the zero conditional and the second and third ones type 1? I think CalifJim told us that the modal 'can' counts as present. 1.If you can make money, please use the money to help people. 2. If you can make money, use money to help people. 3. If you can...

<<Do we have to use the definite article "the" for each tense or not? >> To be very strict about it, yes, but we frequently write telegraphically and leave out the the, especially on this site, where we use the names of the tenses so often. <<1.In the use of the Present...

I think the following would be considered a typical Type 3 Conditional. If I had studied hard in college, I would have become a successful person. Yes. This is a typical Type 3 conditional. If ... had ..., would have .... Here, I think would is a modal verb for a clause that...

Hi, I think the following would be considered a typical Type 3 Conditional. If I had studied hard in college, I would have become a successful person. Here, I think would is a modal verb for a clause that states the result of an imaginary situation that could have happened in the past, and it...

"The real future conditional" requires a conditional verb in a present tense. My logic tells me that "present perfect" is kind of in a present tense too. "Present perfect" also indicates a fact that something has been already done and brings a connection to the present.Yes, it's a good idea to...

Marius Hancu wrote: 1. If he (was, were) over 18, he would have been hired.were is better than was, but still not the best (see further). My take: If he had been over 18 ... is ok because it's an unreal condition in the past, eg. at the moment of the interview. BUT ... If he were over 18...

hello all I will put (write) here all the general forms of the English grammar tenses as I know (understand ) it, I want you to chek it and correct me. Sometimes there is no form (just a speace), I want you to write the general form of the kind of the tense that is detected. I'm so sorry If...

Thank you very much CalifJim. CalifJim wrote:It's the first time he had driven a car (not "drives"). Is this quote accurate? If so, sue them, sue them! -- because it has tense sequence problems. It should be either It was ... had driven or It's ...he has driven. It was "It's the first time...

The canonical structures keep present-point-of-view (Present POV) verb tenses together in the same sentence or the past-point-of-view (Past POV) verb tenses together in the same sentence. Present POV tenses: Present, Present Perfect, tenses with am, is, are, has, have, will. Past POV...