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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Are the tenses correct?

How would you write the following and which tenses are correct?

Only if he catches/caught the ball with his back to the basket, I would do that.
Only if he catches/caught the ball with his back to the basket would I do that.

Had I been sitting a little more my left, I would have gotten the ball in my face.
Only if I had been sitting more my left would I have gotten the ball in my face.

If they win the tip which [is what] you [would] expect them to do,.....

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Top answer

Hi It is difficult to say without context. The following are natural ... - Only if he caught the ball with his back to the basket would I do that.

— Dave_anon

  • Hi It is difficult to say without context.
  • The following are natural ...
  • - Only if he caught the ball with his back to the basket would I do that.
  • - Had I been sitting a little more to my left, I would have gotten the ball in my face.
  • ] - If they get to the top, which is what you would expect them to do, they will bring new money into the town Dave
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Hi

It is difficult to say without context. The following are natural ...

- Only if he caught the ball with his back to the basket would I do that.

- Had I been sitting a little more to my left, I would have gotten the ball in my face.

[This isn't quite clear, but I can imagine this ...]
- If they get to the top, which is what you would expect them to do, t
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