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They are all correct. For lengthier discussions with lots of examples of the use of the past perfect tense after before , see Re: before past perfect tense , past tense and Re: Past Simple or Past Perfect . This is a common pattern for expressing "interruptive relationships" between...

The condition is that the if clause may be fulfilled. In your sentences it is already impossible to fulfil the if clause making the sentences purely hypothesis. This is known as a type III conditional and is formed thus: if + past perfect + would + have + past participle . A conditional formed...

Hi, Two questions, if I may. 1. Is this a correct conditional? Note that the priests had to look after their own fellowship with God if they were to minister to others. To follow what I call "traditional patterns", it seems logical to write it as: Note that the priests...

Hi, I think Mr. M said that the following is a type 1 conditional. According to a general explanation, it was noted that in 1st conditional, if is ued to speculate about the future consequence of some event. 1.Does the if-clause here contain any future in it? if I have the authority to...

, (then) ... would have ... UNREAL, COUNTERFACTUAL *The past is sometimes called the past subjunctive in this position. Only the verb to be has a special form ( were in all persons and numbers) in this position. Other combinations of tenses in these kinds of if patterns have no...

I know 'would' carries many meanings. My problem is sometimes I find it difficult to tell which meaning the speaker uses. I think I understand its hypothetical usage, and in some contexts, its politeness usage. Below is a post that has several woulds I have trouble interpreting. I also...

Welkins2139 wrote: " if clauses " ( also called adverb clause of condition) present possible condition. The main clause express results. 1. If you study in a foreign country , what do you need to do? a present tense, not a future tense, is used in an if clause, even though the verb in the...

Hi Rotter Yes, 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...

Thanks again You are not going to believe this I problably understand Well at least 1000 more than before CalifJim wrote You have a choice I would guess that the preference is for the version

Basically, the reactor Now, don't tear your hair out and start screaming, but the second of the two series above is sometimes taken to mean the same as the first series! -- that is, taken to refer to what was then the future instead of what was then the past. My recommendation, if...