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Samuraibabes Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Conditional sentence without if-clause

Why would some native speakers express conditional tense without if-clause ?
Example : Peter loves doing things that people wouldn't do
  

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Example : Peter loves doing things that people wouldn't do To me that's not conditional: it is the past of 'won't'.

— Mister Micawber

  • Example : Peter loves doing things that people wouldn't do To me that's not conditional: it is the past of 'won't'.
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samuraibabesWhy would some native speakers express conditional tense without if-clause ?Example : Peter loves doing things that people wouldn't do
To me that's not conditional: it is the past of 'won't'.
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You mean the example one. Is it safe or legit to say in english : 'I would've come to your party' without saying 'If I hadn't been very busy' ?
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samuraibabes Is it safe or legit to say in english : 'I would've come to your party' without saying 'If I hadn't been very busy' ?
If the idea of the if-clause is clear to both speaker and listener.
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Ok I see now how it really works. Thank you, Mister Micawber & fivejedjon Emotion: smile
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