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Inchoateknowledge Posted 20 years ago
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Were you to have stopped and considered, you would have seen the errors of your ways. This sentence I copied from my grammar book.
Were you to stop and consider, you would have seen the errors of your ways. This sentence I made up
Do both sentences have the same meaning?
Were you to stop and consider, you would have seen the errors of your ways. This sentence I made up
Do both sentences have the same meaning?
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No. The first applies to past opportunity; the second refers to present or future stopping and considering .
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- The first applies to past opportunity; the second refers to present or future stopping and considering .
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No. The first applies to past opportunity; the second refers to present or future stopping and considering.
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Thus in the 2nd,
you would have seen the errors of your ways
should be changed to
you would see the errors of your ways.
you would have seen the errors of your ways
should be changed to
you would see the errors of your ways.
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