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Kangsung Park Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
Conditionals
Please, let me know which one is correct sentence.
1. Had I not married my Sicilian husband, I wouldn’t have been what I am now–health conscious cook.
2. Had I not married my Sicilian husband, I wouldn’t have been what I was then–health conscious cook.
3. Had I not married my Sicilian husband, I wouldn’t be what I am now–health conscious cook.
I definitely sure sentence 3 is correct. but I am confusing between 1 and 2. which one is correct? Is sentence 1 possible to write that? is it grammatically correct?
1. Had I not married my Sicilian husband, I wouldn’t have been what I am now–health conscious cook.
2. Had I not married my Sicilian husband, I wouldn’t have been what I was then–health conscious cook.
3. Had I not married my Sicilian husband, I wouldn’t be what I am now–health conscious cook.
I definitely sure sentence 3 is correct. but I am confusing between 1 and 2. which one is correct? Is sentence 1 possible to write that? is it grammatically correct?
Top answer
Unfortunately, because the determiner "a" is missing before "health conscious cook", they are all wrong. Add that to each one, and they're all possible and correct. The adverbs of time before the dash ( now, then ) are unnecessary because the verb tenses ( am, was ) already communicate those ideas.
- Unfortunately, because the determiner "a" is missing before "health conscious cook", they are all wrong.
- Add that to each one, and they're all possible and correct.
- The adverbs of time before the dash ( now, then ) are unnecessary because the verb tenses ( am, was ) already communicate those ideas.
- CJ
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Unfortunately, because the determiner "a" is missing before "health conscious cook", they are all wrong.
Add that to each one, and they're all possible and correct. The adverbs of time before the dash (now, then) are unnecessary because the verb tenses (am, was) already communicate those ideas.
CJ
Add that to each one, and they're all possible and correct. The adverbs of time before the dash (now, then) are unnecessary because the verb tenses (am, was) already communicate those ideas.
CJ
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Kangsung ParkI am confused about 1 and 2.I am confusing between 1 and 2.
CJ
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Thank you for your help.
But I am still confusing because I learned about past unreal situations form is like this.
[If ... Past Perfect ..., ... would have + past participle ...]
So, did you mean I can write "have been what I am then–health conscious cook."
"have been what I was then–health conscious cook."
I think there is a tense problem.
But I am still confusing because I learned about past unreal situations form is like this.
[If ... Past Perfect ..., ... would have + past participle ...]
So, did you mean I can write "have been what I am then–health conscious cook."
"have been what I was then–health conscious cook."
I think there is a tense problem.
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Sorry repost
Thank you for your help.
But I am still confusing because I learned about past unreal situations form is like this.
[If ... Past Perfect ..., ... would have + past participle ...]
So, did you mean I can write "have been what I am now a health conscious cook."
"have been what I was then a health conscious cook."
I think there is a t
Thank you for your help.
But I am still confusing because I learned about past unreal situations form is like this.
[If ... Past Perfect ..., ... would have + past participle ...]
So, did you mean I can write "have been what I am now a health conscious cook."
"have been what I was then a health conscious cook."
I think there is a t
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Kangsung ParkSo, did you mean I can write "have been what I am then–health conscious cook." (That was not in your original sentences, so no, I did not mean that. It's wrong to use "am then".)wouldn't have been what I am now compares what you might hav
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Kangsung ParkSo, did you mean I can write "have been what I am now a health conscious cook." "have been what I was then a health conscious cook."OK. I see you have corrected those little mistakes; however, it does not change my answer (above).
CJ
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Thank your for your help, again.
I know the meaning is little different between 1 and 2.
But I was confused about the attached parts "what I am or was"
So, you mean both sentences are correct.
Thanks for your kindness, again!
I know the meaning is little different between 1 and 2.
But I was confused about the attached parts "what I am or was"
So, you mean both sentences are correct.
Thanks for your kindness, again!
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Kangsung ParkBut I was confused about the attached parts "what I am or was" So, you mean both sentences are correct.Yes. Each of your three sentences compares different things. They are all correct.
Of the three, you are right to think that sentence 3 is probably the most useful. It's the sentence that most people would actually say in a conversat
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