who can tell me is it okay to use If+ past simple to mean past.. e.g If i saw you yesterday i would say hello) instead of saying if i had seen you yesterday i would have said hello ?
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"If I saw you yesterday I would say hello" is not correct. "If I saw you" is not possible as a counterfactual: you must say "If I had seen you". g.
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"If I saw you yesterday I would say hello" is not correct.
"If I saw you" is not possible as a counterfactual: you must say "If I had seen you".
g.
"If I saw you yesterday I don't remember it".
The word "I" should be capitalised.
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"If I saw you yesterday I would say hello" is not correct. "If I saw you" is not possible as a counterfactual: you must say "If I had seen you". "If I saw you" may be possible in non-counterfactual situations, e.g. "If I saw you yesterday I don't remember it".
The word "I" should be capitalised. "i" is always incorrect.
Thanks a lot for response but xan you tell me why do we say : Sorry if i OFFENDED you isn't past meant saying this or is it considered as unreal situation e.g : If i HAD money, I would buy a house ?
Thanks a million.. You helped me a lot. I'm trying to match the conditionals with my language.In my language we use just If+past simple to mean past. e.g : If I invited Jack yesterday he would be happy..According to your answer sometimes it has the same meaning in english as well.. But it's not shown in grammar book (Raymond Merphi,Martin Hewing) I would be grateful if you give me source where i