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Moon7296 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
compound subjunctive
1. If I had done nothing, when I was attacked, I would be dead now.
2. If I owned a house, I wouldn't have moved so often.
Q) I can understand number #1 but not #2.
#1 => "I" did something when he was attacked so he is alive now.
#2 => "I" don't own a house so "I" have moved so often.
Is my interpretation correct? (My book introduces that sentence saying that it's compound subjunctive because it's different from these forms:
3. If I had known her phone number, I would have called her.
4. If I were rich, I would travel around the world. .
2. If I owned a house, I wouldn't have moved so often.
Q) I can understand number #1 but not #2.
#1 => "I" did something when he was attacked so he is alive now.
#2 => "I" don't own a house so "I" have moved so often.
Is my interpretation correct? (My book introduces that sentence saying that it's compound subjunctive because it's different from these forms:
3. If I had known her phone number, I would have called her.
4. If I were rich, I would travel around the world. .
Top answer
moon7296 compound subjunctive That term means nothing to me. 1. If I had done nothing when I was attacked, I would be dead now.
- moon7296 compound subjunctive That term means nothing to me.
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- If I had done nothing when I was attacked, I would be dead now.
- 2.
- If I owned a house, I wouldn't have moved so often .
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moon7296 compound subjunctiveThat term means nothing to me.
1. If I had done nothing when I was attacked, I would be dead now.
2. If I owned a house, I wouldn't have moved so often.
moon7296Q) I can understand number #1 but not #2.#1 => "I" did something when he was attacked so he is alive now.
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Thank you.
My interpretation for #2 is right.
2. If I owned a house, I wouldn't have moved so often.
Q1) Then what about this? 2.1. If I owned a house, I wouldn't move.
The speaker complains his current situation of reluctant moving into another house, right? (Because he doesn't own his house now.)
Q2) Regarding the terms, what do you call the sentence like #3 an
My interpretation for #2 is right.
2. If I owned a house, I wouldn't have moved so often.
Q1) Then what about this? 2.1. If I owned a house, I wouldn't move.
The speaker complains his current situation of reluctant moving into another house, right? (Because he doesn't own his house now.)
Q2) Regarding the terms, what do you call the sentence like #3 an
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moon7296Q1) Then what about this? 2.1. If I owned a house, I wouldn't move.The speaker complains his current situation of reluctant moving into another house, right? (Because he doesn't own his house now.)We don't know the bold part; there is no such information in the context.
moon72962) Regarding the terms, what do you call th
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