Conditional sentence
If he felt pride or joy in what he had done, he did not let anybody see it.
Is it a mixed condition?
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Hi I'm willing to be contradicted, but I'd say no. The problem is that 'felt' and 'let' are stative verbs. That means they both describe something that goes on for an indefinite time.
- Hi I'm willing to be contradicted, but I'd say no.
- The problem is that 'felt' and 'let' are stative verbs.
- That means they both describe something that goes on for an indefinite time.
- A mixed conditional involves referring to two different periods of time - If I had told him before that I was proud of his achievements, perhaps he would have done better at the interview Dave
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I'm willing to be contradicted, but I'd say no. The problem is that 'felt' and 'let' are stative verbs. That means they both describe something that goes on for an indefinite time. A mixed conditional involves referring to two different periods of time
- If I had told him before that I was proud of his achievements, perhaps he would have done better at the interview
0sundarnazIf he felt pride or joy in what he had done, he did not let anybody see it.
It's not one of the usual conditional patterns, as you already know.
Because it does not have any "will" or "would" (or equivalent modal verbs) anywhere in the sentence, some grammarians would not even call it a true conditional sentence.
It's the past-tense ver
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