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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

2nd conditional

Hi

If i could have any job , I would have a job as a sailor.

In the above sentence, i know rhus is a second conditional. But i was taught that the form was

if , would

but in the above sentence the 'could have ' part confuses me. Any help to explain this woukd be great.

Thanks
  

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Anonymous But I was taught that the form was if , would But your sentence does have that form: If I could have any job , I would have a job as a sailor. could have is like were able to choose . have ~ choose in this sentence.

  • Anonymous But I was taught that the form was if , would But your sentence does have that form: If I could have any job , I would have a job as a sailor.
  • could have is like were able to choose .
  • have ~ choose in this sentence.
  • If I were able to choose any job, I would have (choose) a job as a sailor.
  • CJ
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AnonymousBut I was taught that the form was if , would
But your sentence does have that form: If I could have any job , I would have a job as a sailor.

could have is like were able to choose. have ~ choose

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