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Leelee29 Posted 13 years ago
"The sellers in the souk were very aggressive. If you don’t have determination, your purse would be empty."
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Can you please explain the rule that is making the following sentence wrong? I know it should be "will" but why???????
I know it should be "will" but why???????
"The sellers in the souk were very aggressive. If you don’t have determination, your purse would be empty."
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" The way you have it written is past tense, as if you're describing something that has already happened and only happened in that specific instance. Using "are" conveys that that is their general way of behaving. The reason your second sentence needs "will" is because it is has not happened yet.
- " The way you have it written is past tense, as if you're describing something that has already happened and only happened in that specific instance.
- Using "are" conveys that that is their general way of behaving.
- The reason your second sentence needs "will" is because it is has not happened yet.
- IF you had written " If you "didn't" have determination, then your purse would "have been"(be) empty" then it(would) would work with your original sentence because they are both past tense.
- Past tense : The sellers in the souk were very aggressive.
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If you're trying to use present tense then your first sentence should read: "The sellers in the souk "are" very agrressive." The way you have it written is past tense, as if you're describing something that has already happened and only happened in that specific instance. Using "are" conveys that that is their general way of behaving.
The reason your second sentence needs "will" is becaus
The reason your second sentence needs "will" is becaus
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