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Tostyle un Posted 9 years ago
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Basic English.

I was very busy so I could not respond in time, sorry about that sir.

I completely understood it this time.

Would this be correct ?

"Where would you be if they didn't invade your country?"

Since it's would I can only use didn't and can't use have or had right ?

Thank you sir.

  

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"Since it's would I can only use didn't and can't use have or had right ? Actually, you can mix if you have a condition in the past that may or may not have led to a result in the present, and that's what you have here. At least I think that's what you're aiming at.

— CalifJim

  • "Since it's would I can only use didn't and can't use have or had right ?
  • Actually, you can mix if you have a condition in the past that may or may not have led to a result in the present, and that's what you have here.
  • At least I think that's what you're aiming at.
  • The country is already invaded as I understand it, so the if -clause is a hypothesis about the case where the country was not invaded, so that's if they hadn't invaded your country .
  • That's a hypothesis about the past.
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tostyle unWould this be correct ?"Where would you be if they didn't invade your country?"Since it's would I can only use didn't and can't use have or had right ?

Actually, you can mix if you have a condition in the past that may or may not have led to a result in the present, and that's what you have here. At least I think that's what you're aiming at.

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