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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Correct conversation?

Ram: My wallet is not here.

Hari: Syam must have taken it.

Ram: I would be mad if he did it.

Is this short conversation correct? Especially the use of would in Ram's sentence?

  

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This is technically grammatical but not natural-sounding. It goes without saying that you'd be mad at someone if he stole your wallet, so the third sentence doesn't sound right. " Ram: "That's crazy.

— Anonymous

  • This is technically grammatical but not natural-sounding.
  • It goes without saying that you'd be mad at someone if he stole your wallet, so the third sentence doesn't sound right.
  • " Ram: "That's crazy.
  • "
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This is technically grammatical but not natural-sounding. It goes without saying that you'd be mad at someone if he stole your wallet, so the third sentence doesn't sound right. The whole thing might be better, for example, as (there are many possibilities for the third line, but not simply that you're mad):


Ram: "My wallet's missing."

Hari: "Syam must have taken it."

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anonymousI would be mad if he did it.

This is about the future, but you're using it in the context of something that already happened in the past. So it's not correct.

Here's how to use that sentence:

— Don't leave your wallet there while you have lunch. Syam might take it.
— If he did that, I would be really mad.

CJ

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