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Papaya zany 225 Posted 5 years ago
Grammar
Conditional Sentences
Situation: I don't know whether Mr. Smith went to the exhibition. If he went to the exhibition (I don't know) he would have/might have seen the latest machine.
What is the grammatically correct sentence for the above situation
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papaya zany 225 If he went to the exhibition (I don't know) he would have/might have seen the latest machine. This is correct. e.
- papaya zany 225 If he went to the exhibition (I don't know) he would have/might have seen the latest machine.
- This is correct.
- e.
- he did actually go, then "would" implies that he definitely saw it (at least according to the speaker's belief), while "might" expresses a possibility that he saw it.
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papaya zany 225If he went to the exhibition (I don't know) he would have/might have seen the latest machine.
This is correct.
If the condition is true, i.e. he did actually go, then "would" implies that he definitely saw it (at least according to the speaker's belief), while "might" expresses a possibility that he saw it.
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