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Dramirezag Posted 12 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

conditionals in spoken english

Hello, I want to practice my conditionals but in the spoken form, because in writing is very clear for me, but when I see a movie I am not pretty sure what they are talking about, I can only guess, specially when they are negatives.
  

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Comprehension will come with time. Keep in mind, also, that much of what you hear in films, and even in the news media, is not necessarily good usage of the conditionals. For example, on local and national broadcasts, I often hear what I refer to as "double woodas".

— Philip

  • Comprehension will come with time.
  • Keep in mind, also, that much of what you hear in films, and even in the news media, is not necessarily good usage of the conditionals.
  • For example, on local and national broadcasts, I often hear what I refer to as "double woodas".
  • If he would have arrived on time he would have seen the beginning of the festivities.
  • The first verb should be If he had arrived .
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Comprehension will come with time. Keep in mind, also, that much of what you hear in films, and even in the news media, is not necessarily good usage of the conditionals. For example, on local and national broadcasts, I often hear what I refer to as "double woodas". If he would have arrived on time he would have seen the beginning of the festivities. The first verb should b
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thank you so much for your answer, I wasn't sure because I am not a native but what I heard today in a movie doesn't make much sense to me, because I felt that something was wrong. When I was in the school I learnt some types of conditionals and that one doesn't coincide with the patterns that I learnt. I am not a grammar geek or something like that but I am more used to formal english rather than
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dramirezag I am not a grammar geek or something like that but I am more used to formal english rather than the english used in movies or in the streets.
Native speakers come in all kinds.
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dramirezag Hello, I want to practice my conditionals but in the spoken form, because in writing is very clear for me, but when I see a movie I am not pretty sure what they are talking about, I can only guess, specially when they are negatives.
It's possible that you need to practice the contractions that almost always occur with negatives. This kind of practi
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