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Rex Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Birthday

0 I heard this morning something about Saddam Hussein's birthday; this was in the news.02br
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001.If he live today, he would be 70 years old.02br
002. If he had lived today, he would have been 70 years old.02br
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— Mister Micawber

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0Neither is good. 01i00 If he were alive today, he would be 70 years old.02br
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0 I made an error whent writing the first sentence. I will rewrite it again.02br
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001.If he live01b00d02b00 today, he would be 70 years old.02br
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00Now the first sentence is fine.02br
00For example, if I lived in Iraq, I could speak some Arabic today.02br
00Please tell me about the first sentence.0-
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0 I must agree with Mister Micawber. 01i00If he were alive today, &c. 02i00employs the subjunctive mood which is appropriate as the sentence seems intended to express what is imagined or wished rather than what is.0-
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0 I would agree with both of you.02br
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00If I lived in Iraq, I could speak some Arabic today.02br
00Even this sentence should have written in subjunctive because I didn't live in Iraq.02br
00However, I don't know how to convert this one to subjunctive.02br
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00It maybe ' If I were to live in Iraq....0-
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0 I think event the following is fine.02br
00What do you think?02br
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01i00 If he was alive today, he would be 70 years old.02i0-
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01i10 If he was alive today, he would be 70 years old.12i12br
10If you are chatting, Rex, that is fine and common-- but don't use it on a language proficiency test or a class essay.12br
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0 Thanks Mr Micawber.02br
00You didn't comment on the following:02br
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00If I lived in Iraq, I could speak some Arabic today.02br
00Even this sentence should have written in subjunctive because I didn't live in Iraq.02br
00However, I don't know how to convert this one to subjunctive.0-
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00If I lived in Iraq, I could speak some Arabic today.12blockquote
10It's already in subjunctive mood, Rex-- 01i00If I 01b00lived02b00 in Iraq...01b00today02br
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0G'day Jim,02br
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00How about a tweak of the sentences?02br
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00Were he alive today, he would be 70 years old.02br
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00If he had lived, he would be 70 years old today.02br
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00Stannum0-
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0 Mr Micawber wrote the following:02br
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00If I lived in Iraq, I could speak some Arabic today.02td
00It's already in subjunctive mood, Rex-- 01i00If I 01b00lived02b00 in Iraq...01b00today02br
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