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Paul Evdokimov Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
2nd type conditional.
Hi!
Please advise which form to use and why.
"Even if we no longer poisoned the planet, several decades would go by before all dangerous chemicals __________ (disappear)."
Thanks for your answers in advance.
Please advise which form to use and why.
"Even if we no longer poisoned the planet, several decades would go by before all dangerous chemicals __________ (disappear)."
Thanks for your answers in advance.
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Paul Evdokimov "Even if we no longer poisoned the planet, several decades would go by This is the complete conditional construction. The tense of what follows is your question. Here, I would use disappeared .
- Paul Evdokimov "Even if we no longer poisoned the planet, several decades would go by This is the complete conditional construction.
- The tense of what follows is your question.
- Here, I would use disappeared .
- Some might choose the simple present, but that doesn't quite sound correct to me, given the tenses used in the conditional construction.
- Let's see what other native speakers have to say.
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Paul Evdokimov"Even if we no longer poisoned the planet, several decades would go byThis is the complete conditional construction. The tense of what follows is your question. Here, I would use disappeared. Some might choose the simple present, but that doesn't quite sound correct to me, given the tenses used in the conditional construction. Let'
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