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PreciousJones Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Can I say:

It'd be easier if Jay gets the tickets for me. Or should it be:

It'd be easier if Jay got the tickets for me.

ARe both useable?

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The first one has a small error that most people wouldn't notice, so in the sense that people don't always use absolutely perfect grammar, both are usable. Nevertheless, it's best not getting into the habit of using only approximately correct forms when you can easily learn the correct forms. It'll be easier if Jay gets ....

— CalifJim

  • The first one has a small error that most people wouldn't notice, so in the sense that people don't always use absolutely perfect grammar, both are usable.
  • Nevertheless, it's best not getting into the habit of using only approximately correct forms when you can easily learn the correct forms.
  • It'll be easier if Jay gets ....
  • It'd be easier if Jay got ....
  • CJ
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The first one has a small error that most people wouldn't notice, so in the sense that people don't always use absolutely perfect grammar, both are usable. Nevertheless, it's best not getting into the habit of using only approximately correct forms when you can easily learn the correct forms.

It'll be easier if Jay gets ....
It'd be easier if Jay got ....

CJ
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No.

Look at your sentence this way:
If Jay got the tickets for me, it would be easier.

Do you recognize a plain old ordinary 2nd Conditional?
The if-clause is put in the Simple Past - 'got'- and the main clause has ‘would’ + infinitive - 'would be'.
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TerryxpressNo.Look at your sentence this way:If Jay got the tickets for me, it would be easier.Do you recognize a plain old ordinary 2nd Conditional? The if-clause is put in the Simple Past - 'got'- and the main clause has ‘would’ + infinitive - 'would be'.It'd be easier if Jay got the tickets for me.Otherwise, it would be:It will/It'll be easier if Jay gets. ..
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Your sentences, both in your first post, and above, have nothing to do with 'formal' versus 'informal' language. They are forms of Conditional Sentences, where the modals are used when we talk about hypothetical situations/events/actions:
Real event: "I went to College and graduated last year."
Hypothetical:
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TerryxpressYour sentences, both in your first post, and above, have nothing to do with 'formal' versus 'informal' language. They are forms of Conditional Sentences, where the modals are used when we talk about hypothetical situations/events/actions:Real event: "I went to College and graduated last year."Hypothetical: "If I had gone to College, I would have graduated last
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