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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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conditional sentences while narrting
my problem wilth (if)occurs when i read a story , because the writer always uses the past tense and i dont know wether its a real case or un real. for example.: he loved he so much . if she agreed he would marry her . is it real case or unreal?
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The words "she agreed" are unreal in the sense that she has neither agreed (to marry him) nor not agreed (to marry him) at the time the statement was made. This is shown more clearly by the use of "would" in the following clause. I wasn't quite sure what you were asking; I hope this answers your question.
- The words "she agreed" are unreal in the sense that she has neither agreed (to marry him) nor not agreed (to marry him) at the time the statement was made.
- This is shown more clearly by the use of "would" in the following clause.
- I wasn't quite sure what you were asking; I hope this answers your question.
- CJ
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The words "she agreed" are unreal in the sense that she has neither agreed (to marry him) nor not agreed (to marry him) at the time the statement was made. This is shown more clearly by the use of "would" in the following clause.
I wasn't quite sure what you were asking; I hope this answers your question.
CJ
I wasn't quite sure what you were asking; I hope this answers your question.
CJ
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Hello,
I'm not sure I exactly understood what Anon meant either. But there is one point that interests me here: Is it at all likely to find a sentece like "If she agreed he would marry her." in a story told in past tenses? It seems to me that this sentence is about an unreal situation in the present, i.e. she doesn't agree but if she did he would marry her. To convey the same meaning in
I'm not sure I exactly understood what Anon meant either. But there is one point that interests me here: Is it at all likely to find a sentece like "If she agreed he would marry her." in a story told in past tenses? It seems to me that this sentence is about an unreal situation in the present, i.e. she doesn't agree but if she did he would marry her. To convey the same meaning in
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Hello,
I'm not sure I exactly understood what Anon meant either. But there is one point that interests me here: Is it at all likely to find a sentence like "If she agreed, he would marry her." in a story told in past tenses? It seems to me that this sentence is about an unreal situation in the present, i.e. she doesn't agree but if she did he would marry her. To convey the same mean
I'm not sure I exactly understood what Anon meant either. But there is one point that interests me here: Is it at all likely to find a sentence like "If she agreed, he would marry her." in a story told in past tenses? It seems to me that this sentence is about an unreal situation in the present, i.e. she doesn't agree but if she did he would marry her. To convey the same mean
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