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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Can you explain which is correct?

Can you explain which is correct?

By Looking at our lifestyles, I understand why people would think we were well off.
When people look at our lifestyles, I understand why people would think we were well off.
When people look at our lifestyles, I understand why people would think we are well off.
  

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The first one, to me means that you yourself are looking at your own lifestyle. I don't know if it is correct.

The other 2, people are looking at your lifestyle maybe. I'm not sure though. whether they are correct, I don't know for sure.

Can you tell me please how I should write it and how I should know if it is correct?
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The first one, to me means that you yourself are looking at your own lifestyle. That's right. We can look at ourselves critically, and imagine what other people might think about us..

I don't know if it is correct.
It is, except lifestyle should be singular, and there is a capitalization error.
Each person has theirown lifestyle, but you are ta
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Upon rereading
When shouldn't be used with would which gives the sentence a conditional meaning, Am I correct?
When you use 'when', shouldn't it be written as such

When people look at our lifestyle, I understand why people think we are well off.

With 'if' you get the conditional if I'm not mistaken. How should I proceed with 'if'?

If people look
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When shouldn't be used with would which gives the sentence a conditional meaning, Am I correct? No.

This is the conditional version:
If people looked at our lifestyle, they would think we were well off.
If they looked at the clothes we wear when working in the garden, they would think we were garbage pickers.

The following sentences are not conditional. T

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