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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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In the case of assault, threatening to cause harm to a person but not carrying through on the threat would be classified as a misdemeanor.


Is this a second conditional would?

  

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anonymous In the case of assault, threatening to cause harm to a person but not carrying through on the threat would be classified as a misdemeanor. Is this a second conditional would? No, because there is no "if".

  • anonymous In the case of assault, threatening to cause harm to a person but not carrying through on the threat would be classified as a misdemeanor.
  • Is this a second conditional would?
  • No, because there is no "if".
  • ), so it's an implicit second conditional.
  • CJ
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anonymous

In the case of assault, threatening to cause harm to a person but not carrying through on the threat would be classified as a misdemeanor.


Is this a second conditional would?

No, because there is no "if". However, the gerund subject serves as an if-clause (if you threatened to cause harm ...), so it's an implicit se

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