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Sundarnaz Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Condition 1 or condition 2

A) The situation is getting worse. You should do something.

B) If I do something, they will say 'I'm interfering'. Or If I did something, they would say 'I'm interfering'.

Which condition goes in this situation? I couldn't decide. Although, I'm 70% inclined towards the first condition.

What's the native choice?

  

Top answer

1. If I do something, they will say I'm interfering. 2.

— GPY

  • 1.
  • If I do something, they will say I'm interfering.
  • 2.
  • If I did something, they would say I was interfering.
  • 3.
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1. If I do something, they will say I'm interfering.
2. If I did something, they would say I was interfering.
3. If I did something, they would say I'm interfering.

These are all natural. Strictly speaking, (2) is more proper than (3), but in practice people would hardly notice.

There should be no quotation marks around "I'm interfering". They will not say "I'm interfering"

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