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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Conditional 1 - Should + infinitive

I'd like to know whether or not the following sentence expressing probability of experience in the past is right.

If you should have asked yourself that question and tell me your experience, it will be very helpful for me.

In advance, thank you for me.
  

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This expresses a past event that did not happen. You should have asked yourself that question and told me your experience; it would have been very helpful for me. This is a conditional in the past, also expressing an event that did not happen: If you had asked yourself that question and told me your experience, it would have been very helpful for me.

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  • This expresses a past event that did not happen.
  • You should have asked yourself that question and told me your experience; it would have been very helpful for me.
  • This is a conditional in the past, also expressing an event that did not happen: If you had asked yourself that question and told me your experience, it would have been very helpful for me.
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This expresses a past event that did not happen.

You should have asked yourself that question and told me your experience; it would have been very helpful for me.

This is a conditional in the past, also expressing an event that did not happen:

If you had asked yourself that question and told me your experience, it would have been very helpful for me.
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Thank you Ms.AlpheccaStars for your kind reply.
I'm such a fool?? I know the expression 'should have ~ed' and meaning of that.??
I would express the following sentence with lesser probability.
"If you have asked yourself that question and tell me your experience, it is probably helpful for me"
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"If you have asked yourself that question and (have) told me your experience, it is probably helpful for me."

But that is not very natural. The improved versions are:

"If you have ask yourself that question and tell me your experience, it would probably be helpful for me."

It is probably helpful for me if you asked yourself that que
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You are so kind^^ Thank you Ms.AlpheccaStars for your continuous replies.

I'd like to say about the story progressing as per the following sequence.

If you have asked yourself that question [from the past to the present]
If you tell me your experience [present]
it will [would] be very help for me [present]
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These are conditionals, an if-clause, and then some consequence of that condition:

1. A past, unreal condition, with a consequence in the past:
If you had asked yourself that question before you acted, you would not have failed.

2. A present, unreal or hypothetical condition, with an outcome in the present or future.
If you asked her to marry you, she would say yes.
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Thank you Ms.AlpheccaStars for your kind reply and concrete accounts^^


I confess to knowing a little about English grammar terms ??

Grammar terms we use here in Korea quite different than those that native speakers use.


I would have liked to express a clause witch has lesser probability than a 'if~' clause in indicative mood

and I knew 'should + infini
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