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Michelle Cha Posted 12 years ago
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As I haven't studied I can't pass the exam

1. As don't study I can't pass the exam.

2. If I studied I could pass the exam.

3. As I haven' t studied I can't pass the exam.

We can change sentence 1 into sentence 2, a conditional form.

Then what about sentence 3? Can it be changed to a conditional?
  

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) This is what is called a "mixed conditional sentence". )has the forms which are normally used in the second conditional (unreal/imaginary present).

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  • ) This is what is called a "mixed conditional sentence".
  • )has the forms which are normally used in the second conditional (unreal/imaginary present).
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1) As I don't study, I can't pass the exam, (but (2) If I studied, I could pass the exam.)

3) As I haven't studied, I can't pass the exam, (but If I had studied, I could/would be able to pass the exam.)
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You are not changing the sentences; you are expressing an associated possible thought. #1 does not necessarily imply #2, and #2 does not necessarily imply #1.
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I totally agree with you.

But we Korean learn and teach # 1 and # 2 are interchangeable.

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I, too, agree with you, fivejedjon.

@Michelle....

= If I studied, I could pass the exam. (This just tells us how the present/future (I can't pass the exam => I could pass the exam) would be different if something else in the present (I don't study => but if I studied) were different.)

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Michelle ChaBut we Koreans learn and teach # 1 and # 2 are interchangeable.
1. As don't study I can't pass the exam.

2. If I studied I could pass the exam.

Hmmm. That's interesting.

1 says, basically, I can't pass the exam because I don't study. I suppose that that idea more
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