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Dutch boy Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Conditional
Could someone tell me if am doing this right and Which one A or B is the right conditional , or are both correct.
1 You have dinner in town.
2 My husband cooked the dinner in the fireplace
3 You bought flowers in that shop.
4 They went for a walk in the country.
5 The farmer milked the cows.
6 He took the milk home.
7 The baker baked the bread.
8 Don't you think this wine is awful.
A
1 You would have dine in town.
2 My husband would have cooked the dinner in the fireplace.
3 You would have bought flowers in that shop.
4 They would have gone for a walk in the country.
5 The farmer would have milked the cows.
6 He would have taken the milk home.
7 The baker would have baked the bread.
8 Don't you would have thought this wine is awful.
B
1 You would dine in town.
2 My husband would cook the dinner in the fireplace.
3 You would buy flowers in that shop.
4 They would go for a walk in the country.
5 The farmer would milk the cows.
6 He would take the milk home.
7 The baker would bake the bread.
8 Don't you would think this wine is awful.
1 You have dinner in town.
2 My husband cooked the dinner in the fireplace
3 You bought flowers in that shop.
4 They went for a walk in the country.
5 The farmer milked the cows.
6 He took the milk home.
7 The baker baked the bread.
8 Don't you think this wine is awful.
A
1 You would have dine in town.
2 My husband would have cooked the dinner in the fireplace.
3 You would have bought flowers in that shop.
4 They would have gone for a walk in the country.
5 The farmer would have milked the cows.
6 He would have taken the milk home.
7 The baker would have baked the bread.
8 Don't you would have thought this wine is awful.
B
1 You would dine in town.
2 My husband would cook the dinner in the fireplace.
3 You would buy flowers in that shop.
4 They would go for a walk in the country.
5 The farmer would milk the cows.
6 He would take the milk home.
7 The baker would bake the bread.
8 Don't you would think this wine is awful.
Top answer
It is not very clear to me what you are trying to achieve. Full conditional sentences involve "if". Here you have detached the "would" part, but you have no "if".
- It is not very clear to me what you are trying to achieve.
- Full conditional sentences involve "if".
- Here you have detached the "would" part, but you have no "if".
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It is not very clear to me what you are trying to achieve. Full conditional sentences involve "if". Here you have detached the "would" part, but you have no "if". The meaning imparted by "would" is context-dependent:
- There may be an implied but unstated "if"; e.g. "(If he'd had any flour) the baker would have baked the bread."
- In A, "would have" may imply that the speaker t
- There may be an implied but unstated "if"; e.g. "(If he'd had any flour) the baker would have baked the bread."
- In A, "would have" may imply that the speaker t
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