Anonymous I want to know, is the next construction is right: She would only kiss him if he won. It is right. Anonymous I can't imagine sequence of tenses construction like that, I mean with if.
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AnonymousI want to know, is the next construction is right: She would only kiss him if he won.It is right.
AnonymousI can't imagine sequence of tenses construction like that, I mean with if.It is a common grammatical pattern in English.
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Anonymousdiscussing imaginary situationsIn unreal conditionals, there is this strange use of tenses in English:
CalifJimfter "if" the simple past tense does not indicate past time. It indicates present or future time.Past imagined situations use the past perfect tense after "if". After "if" the past perfect tense indicates past time.P.S. This very simple explanation must be past in every grammar book.