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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Continuous tense with conditional
How would you correctly say this sentence please?
1 If I was ripping people off, I would never have been able to sell this many of them.
Thank you so much
1 If I was ripping people off, I would never have been able to sell this many of them.
Thank you so much
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If I was ripping people off, I would never have been able to sell this many of them. (informal) If I were ripping people off, I would never have been able to sell this many of them. )
- If I was ripping people off, I would never have been able to sell this many of them.
- (informal) If I were ripping people off, I would never have been able to sell this many of them.
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If I was ripping people off, I would never have been able to sell this many of them. (informal)
If I were ripping people off, I would never have been able to sell this many of them. (The subjunctive form, which is correct by traditional standards of grammar.)
If I were ripping people off, I would never have been able to sell this many of them. (The subjunctive form, which is correct by traditional standards of grammar.)
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