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Taruns1008 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Conditional sentence
#1 I had hoped that I would see you the other day but unfortunately I fell ill.
Is this sentence correct? For me it is type third conditional so it should be "I would have seen".
We use mix type conditional if there is a effect of past action on current situation.
exp: If you had informed me I would be there(now).
But this is not the case with sentence #1. So I think #1 is incorrect.
Is this sentence correct? For me it is type third conditional so it should be "I would have seen".
We use mix type conditional if there is a effect of past action on current situation.
exp: If you had informed me I would be there(now).
But this is not the case with sentence #1. So I think #1 is incorrect.
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taruns1008 I had hoped that I would see you the other da y, but unfortunately I fell ill. taruns1008 For me it is type third conditional so it should be "I would have seen". No, it is not the third conditional.
- taruns1008 I had hoped that I would see you the other da y, but unfortunately I fell ill.
- taruns1008 For me it is type third conditional so it should be "I would have seen".
- No, it is not the third conditional.
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taruns1008I had hoped that I would see you the other day, but unfortunately I fell ill.
taruns1008For me it is type third conditional so it should be "I would have seen".No, it is not the third conditional. In that sentence, "would" is the past form of "will."
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taruns1008#1 I had hoped that I would see you the other day but unfortunately I fell ill.There is no if-clause, so it cannot be a conditional sentence. All conditional sentences have an if-clause or an unless-clause.
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