Are both of them correct?
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers would not go into work Friday if a shutdown lasts through the start of business.
Or,
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers would not go into work Friday if a shutdown lasted through the start of business.
are both sentences correct?
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These are the best coordinated: Hundreds of thousands of federal workers would not go into work (on) Friday if a shutdown lasted through the start of business. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers will not go into work (on) Friday if a shutdown lasts through the start of business. However, the hybrid "would ...
- These are the best coordinated: Hundreds of thousands of federal workers would not go into work (on) Friday if a shutdown lasted through the start of business.
- Hundreds of thousands of federal workers will not go into work (on) Friday if a shutdown lasts through the start of business.
- However, the hybrid "would ...
- lasts" version is not glaringly wrong.
- In BrE I would include the word "on", but in AmE it may be omitted.
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These are the best coordinated:
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers would not go into work (on) Friday if a shutdown lasted through the start of business.
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers will not go into work (on) Friday if a shutdown lasts through the start of business.
However, the hybrid "would ... lasts" version is n
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