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Alc24 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Continuous with the conditional? possible?

I know you can say:

If I had worked I would have killed myself.

but can you say:

If I was working in an hour, I would have killed myself
If I worked in an hour, I would/would have killed myself.
If I was scheduled to work in an hour, I would have killed myself.

Thank you
  

Top answer

" - You could say this and you'd be understood. Technically though I think you should say, "If I were working in an hour, I would have killed myself" because this sentence looks like a statement in the subjunctive mood. Don't worry about it that much though; saying, "If I was working in an hour, I would have killed myself" would still be a largely accepted way to say this sentence.

— Hmea1

  • " - You could say this and you'd be understood.
  • Technically though I think you should say, "If I were working in an hour, I would have killed myself" because this sentence looks like a statement in the subjunctive mood.
  • Don't worry about it that much though; saying, "If I was working in an hour, I would have killed myself" would still be a largely accepted way to say this sentence.
  • " - The word had is required in this form of the sentence in order to be proper.
  • " - This is the same situation as with the first sentence.
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"If I was working in an hour, I would have killed myself." - You could say this and you'd be understood. Technically though I think you should say, "If I were working in an hour, I would have killed myself" because this sentence looks like a statement in the subjunctive mood. Don't worry about it that much though; saying, "If I was working in an hour, I would have killed myself" would st
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hmea1"If I was working in an hour, I would have killed myself." - You could say this and you'd be understood. Technically though I think you should say, "If I were working in an hour, I would have killed myself" because this sentence looks like a statement in the subjunctive mood. Don't worry about it that much though; saying, "If I was working in an hour, I would have
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