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Turkgokhan40 wrote: ............... many countries start paying more attention to the role of sports in life,many generations of youth will have grown up unaware of the uses of working up their bodies. A) While B) Before C) By the time D) During E) After I don't find an exact...

Paco, I'm not sure I understand what specific problem you are having here. You do realise that in hypothetical sentences we use the present simple after 'could'/'would' when referring to an action or happening, whereas, we use the non-past when referring to a state, don't you? I wish I could...

Paco2004 wrote:OK, I'll give my question in another words. I wish I could tell her I was a Japanese person. Which one sounds natural to you?paco Number two sounds correct. Paco, I believe the issue here is about when and when not to use the unreal past. If you look at your...