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Omar Ahmed Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

a question on "if"

Find the mistake in the following sentence:
1- You are a superstitious person. Unless you are superstitious , you wouldn't be afraid of black cats.
My answer is: Unless you were superstitious , you wouldn't be afraid of black cats.
My friend said that my answer is wrong because I should say : Unless you are superstitious , you won't be afraid of black cats. Is he right?
  

Top answer

If you weren't superstitious, you wouldn't be afraid of black cats. Also: Until you are not superstitious, you will be afraid of black cats. (Whilst/as long as) you are superstitious, you will be afraid of black cats.

— Meteorquake

  • If you weren't superstitious, you wouldn't be afraid of black cats.
  • Also: Until you are not superstitious, you will be afraid of black cats.
  • (Whilst/as long as) you are superstitious, you will be afraid of black cats.
  • ), or an envisaged real future (until you are not superstitious) or a hypothetical (imaginary) present different from what is the real present (if you were not superstitious).
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If you weren't superstitious, you wouldn't be afraid of black cats.
Also:
Until you are not superstitious, you will be afraid of black cats.
(Whilst/as long as) you are superstitious, you will be afraid of black cats.

Because you ARE (fact) superstitious, any statement has to be in terms of a real present (Whilst you are...), or an envisaged real future (until you are n
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