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Omar Ahmed Posted 5 years ago
Grammar
A puzzling question
" If I was to be a king, I decided I wanted to act like a king. "
I read the sentence mentioned above in a story . Is it type 2 conditional? Is it grammatically correct?
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Omar Ahmed Is it type 2 conditional? No, because it does not contain 'would' anywhere. It's a sentence in the past tense that happens to have an if -clause.
- Omar Ahmed Is it type 2 conditional?
- No, because it does not contain 'would' anywhere.
- It's a sentence in the past tense that happens to have an if -clause.
- The if -clause doesn't really even state a condition.
- You can paraphrase it thus: Considering the fact that I was going to be a king, I decided I wanted to act like a king.
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Omar AhmedIs it type 2 conditional?
No, because it does not contain 'would' anywhere.
It's a sentence in the past tense that happens to have an if-clause.
The if-clause doesn't really even state a condition. You can paraphrase it thus:
Considering the fact that I was going to be a king, I decided I wanted to act like a ki
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