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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Conditional tenses

Can someone tell me which tense to use in the sentence below?

If I decided to stay, I would be likely to eat more as long as my husband approves/approved.

What tense should this be after as long as?

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If I decided to stay, I would be likely to eat more as long as my husband approves.

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If I decided to stay, I would be likely to eat more as long as my husband approves.
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This is more likely:

If I decided to stay, I would be likely to eat more as long as my husband approves/ approved.
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fivejedjonThis is more likely: If I decided to stay, I would be likely to eat more as long as my husband approves/ approved.
Ok.

I would write:
If I decided to stay, and as long as my husband would approve, I would be likely to eat more.
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screamererIf I decided to stay, and as long as my husband would approve, I would be likely to eat more.
I believe that the 'would approve' may be possible in AmE. It's not normally in BrE. We'd normally use 'approved'.
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fivejedjonI believe that the 'would approve' may be possible in AmE. It's not normally in BrE. We'd normally use 'approved'.
I don't think that's a transpondial (do you like my new word?) difference. It sounds like casual grammar to this American.
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