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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Conditional sentences
in vampire diaries series one of the characters(elena) said a sentence and now im mixed up with the conditional sentences.she said: if he was really gone he wouldnt have called." why she used "have" .couldnt she just say he wouldnt call?
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-- T his is a mixed conditional. He isn't really gone, and he called before now. -- This would mean that he is going to call or he has just called at the moment of speaking.
- -- T his is a mixed conditional.
- He isn't really gone, and he called before now.
- -- This would mean that he is going to call or he has just called at the moment of speaking.
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If he was/were really gone he wouldnt have called." why she used "have"?-- This is a mixed conditional. He isn't really gone, and he called before now.
Couldn't she just say he wouldn't call?-- This would mean that he is going to call or he has just called at the moment of speaking.
Couldn't she just say he wouldn't call?-- This would mean that he is going to call or he has just called at the moment of speaking.
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