“a giveaway?”
What does “a giveaway” mean in this context? This paragraph is talking about how conditionals work.
What about the second half of the conditional, the then-clause, which calls for the auxiliaries would, could, should, or might? It turns out that they are just like the verbs in the if-clause: they are in the past tense, with the factual-remoteness meaning. The d’s and the t at the ends of these auxiliaries are a giveaway : would is just the irregular past tense form of will, could the past tense form of can, should the past tense form of shall.
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teacherJapan What does “a giveaway” mean in this context? com/dictionary/giveaway ) but it is facetious, a little joke. Those letters give them away as past tense.
- teacherJapan What does “a giveaway” mean in this context?
- com/dictionary/giveaway ) but it is facetious, a little joke.
- Those letters give them away as past tense.
- The full suffix isn't there, so it's like they're hiding, but the single letter reveals them anyway.
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teacherJapanWhat does “a giveaway” mean in this context?
It's this definition
"an unintentional revelation or betrayal" ( https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/giveaway )
but it is facetious, a little joke. Those letters give them away as past t
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