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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Conditional sentences

I think these sentences are the same meaning. Do you agree?


If she didn't got home late, her mother wouldn't be questioning her.

If she hadn't got home late, her mother wouldn't be questioning her.
If she hadn't got home late, her mother wouldn't have been questioning her.
  

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If she didn't g e t home late, her mother wouldn't be questioning her. This works only if 'she' regularly gets home late If she hadn't got home late, her mother wouldn't be questioning her . This works if she got home late before now, and the mother is questioning her now If she hadn't got home late, her mother wouldn't have been questioning her .

  • If she didn't g e t home late, her mother wouldn't be questioning her.
  • This works only if 'she' regularly gets home late If she hadn't got home late, her mother wouldn't be questioning her .
  • This works if she got home late before now, and the mother is questioning her now If she hadn't got home late, her mother wouldn't have been questioning her .
  • This works if the getting home late and the questioning are both past-time events,
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If she didn't get home late, her mother wouldn't be questioning her.

This works only if 'she' regularly gets home late

If she hadn't got home late, her mother wouldn't be questioning her.

This works if she got home late before now, and the mother is questioning her now

If she hadn't got home late, her
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Thanks a lot. Understood.

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