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Bmojtaba Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Conditional

Hi

below sentence is third conditional??,please eplain about it:

'Who would have predicted that our pedestrain colleage would one day win the Noble Prize for medicine??'

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bmojtaba third conditional? No. There isn't even an if -clause.

— CalifJim

  • bmojtaba third conditional?
  • No.
  • There isn't even an if -clause.
  • There is nothing conditional here.
  • In the present, you predict that something will happen.
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bmojtabathird conditional?
No. There isn't even an if-clause. There is nothing conditional here.

In the present, you predict that something will happen.

In the past, you predicted that something would happen.

CJ
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so why it is NOT 'who would predicted.....'?? and it is 'who would+have+predicted...'????
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bmojtabawould predicted
You can't use 'would predicted'. would is a modal verb and only a base form can be used after a modal verb.

Who would predict is for present time.

Who would have predicted is for past time.

CJ
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Hi Mojtaba.

As Jim explained, there is no conditional sentences involved.

Keep in mind, would is a modal verb and is followed by simple form of the verb, so you cannot find would predicted in any contexts.

The past form of probabilities is formed as follwos.

must+ have+ PP

Should+ have+PP

could+have+PP

would+have+pp

can
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CalifJim
bmojtabawould predicted
You can't use 'would predicted'. would is a modal verb and only a base form can be used after a modal verb.

Who would predict is for present time.
Who would have predicted is for past time.

CJ
so:

'who would have predicted is for future in the past'

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bmojtabawho will predict
Yes. And Who will have predicted. Emotion: smile

There are lots o
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hi it is not a conditional sentence. it is just a question and speak about a unpredictable situation.
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