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Notorioz Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Hello all, I think, Jon would be still alive today if he 'would have stopped' chasing after Mary, and kept seeing Helen or running with her when he had the chance.Eventually they would have had a real connection.

In this phrase I want to make sure something. Jon always chased after Mary. Shouldn't it be ' if he had stopped chasing' instead?
  

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' The rest is confusing to me, as I'm not sure what 'seeing Helen' and 'running with her' have to do with the situation. I think a separate complete sentence would be in order.

— Philip

  • ' The rest is confusing to me, as I'm not sure what 'seeing Helen' and 'running with her' have to do with the situation.
  • I think a separate complete sentence would be in order.
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Whatever the meaning, 'would be alive' should be followed by 'if he had stopped chasing..' The rest is confusing to me, as I'm not sure what 'seeing Helen' and 'running with her' have to do with the situation. I think a separate complete sentence would be in order.
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I saw this on a page and I understood that something was wrong with the sentence as soon as I had read it. So you think the sentence is correct with 'if he had stopped chasing' right?
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To that point, yes.
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