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you might want to check this thread out and the quotations from Jespersen:

I found the following in the link you have mentioned.

"If I had had the money [Jespersen: at the present moment], I should
have paid you."


By the same token, it would be fine to say:

If he had lived today, he would have been 135 years old.

Please tel me if I am wrong.

If he were alive today, he would be 135 years old.

If he were still living today, he would be 135 years old.

The point in Jespersen is the degree the doubt required. I don't think you need the degree of doubt which you're using in your version, by using the past perfect tense for present time.

Your friend's version
If he lived today, he would be 135 years old.
is fine IMO and the most common.

Make a search at Yahoo for
"if he lived tod

Marius HancuAnd btw, Grammar Geek is right about changing to "were alive." More natural.

Not only are GG's more natural, I think the others don't really work.

They might be fine for comments like, 'if he lived today, he'd be the first one to criticize the President,' or 'if he had lived today, he would have cut down

After reading all the comments, I conclude all of the following are grammatically correct in the given context.

It may be the case that some of the sentences are more common. You are welcome to comment again if necessary.



10. If he were alive today, he would be 135 years old.


11. If he were still living today, he would be 135 years old.

12

RotterAfter reading all the comments, I conclude all of the following are grammatically correct in the given context.

In the given context ,I think you should want something more than grammatical correctness. I would use nos. 10 and 11, but not 12 and 13. You'll have a difficult time finding any Google support for 12 and 13.

Davkett<>In the given context ,I think you should want something more than grammatical correctness. I would use nos. 10 and 11, but not 12 and 13. You'll have a difficult time finding any Google support for 12 and 13.

1,050 hits at Yahoo for "if he lived today" (quotation marks are important at Yahoo), such as:

MH, note my 'in the given context', i.e., age.

In other words, try Googling the phrases 'if he lived' or 'if he had lived' joined with a statement of how old someone would be.

Also, note my earlier examples of the kind of contexts where one would find those two phrases in

I thank everybody for taking time to reply.

I am free to express my opinion on search engines like Yahoo and Google.

The Internet is free. You don't have to be an expert at a subject to write on the Internet.

For example, I could write a webpage to teach English using my rotten English. Nobody can stops me of making a webpage to teach English.

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