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Chucktestar Posted 9 years ago
Grammar
Conditionals
Hi,
I was asked to give an example sentence (A) and transform it to the Third Conditional (B).
A. I only knew the boxes were already prepared because I happened to have checked.
B. If I hadn't checked, I wouldn't have known the boxes were already prepared.
Would my answers be correct? My colleague insists on "
Thank you.
I was asked to give an example sentence (A) and transform it to the Third Conditional (B).
A. I only knew the boxes were already prepared because I happened to have checked.
B. If I hadn't checked, I wouldn't have known the boxes were already prepared.
Would my answers be correct? My colleague insists on "
didn't happen to have checked", but isn't that ungrammatical?Thank you.
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chucktestar My colleague insists on "didn't happen to have checked", but isn't that ungrammatical? Not really ungrammatical, but opposite in meaning from what you intend.
- chucktestar My colleague insists on "didn't happen to have checked", but isn't that ungrammatical?
- Not really ungrammatical, but opposite in meaning from what you intend.
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chucktestarMy colleague insists on "didn't happen to have checked", but isn't that ungrammatical?
Not really ungrammatical, but opposite in meaning from what you intend.
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