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JungKim Posted 14 years ago
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conditional
A musician said the following about her music video where she put in some heavy choreography: "I was never going to shoot this video if I wasn't going to do choreography 'cause it would be pretty pointless."
Now, let me take out the conditional sentence and call it (1):
(1) I was never going to shoot this video if I wasn't going to do choreography.
The context is that she did shoot the video with all the choreography.
Apparently, she didn't use any of the typical conditionals (Type I, II or III). Am I right? Also, is this type of conditional common among native speakers?
Now, let me take out the conditional sentence and call it (1):
(1) I was never going to shoot this video if I wasn't going to do choreography.
The context is that she did shoot the video with all the choreography.
Apparently, she didn't use any of the typical conditionals (Type I, II or III). Am I right? Also, is this type of conditional common among native speakers?
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Isn't it a type III in meaning? (would have + past participle IF past perfect) I would never have been going to shoot this video if I had not been going to do choreography Or simplified, by removing the progressive: I would never have shot this video if I had not done choreography. Another example: I was going to show up if they paid me.
- Isn't it a type III in meaning?
- (would have + past participle IF past perfect) I would never have been going to shoot this video if I had not been going to do choreography Or simplified, by removing the progressive: I would never have shot this video if I had not done choreography.
- Another example: I was going to show up if they paid me.
- Rewritten in Type III form: I would have shown up if they had paid me.
- JungKim Also, is this type of conditional common among native speakers?
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Isn't it a type III in meaning? (would have + past participle IF past perfect)
I would never have been going to shoot this video if I had not been going to do choreography
Or simplified, by removing the progressive:
I would never have shot this video if I had not done choreography.
Another example: I was go
I would never have been going to shoot this video if I had not been going to do choreography
Or simplified, by removing the progressive:
I would never have shot this video if I had not done choreography.
Another example: I was go
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