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Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

even if, tense

0There ___ enough space to mention all the scholars on whose work I have drawn directly or indirectly, even if I00 had 00a complete record of my borrowings.02br
00(A) is not (B) would not be02br
00Which choice do you think is correct?02br
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0When you see: 02br 02br 01b 00even if I00 had02b 02br 00this is hypothetical/unreal and you should know which to choose. 02br 00Study your conditionals here:02br 05002br 00as you should not have questions about the real/unreal issues. html

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  • 0When you see: 02br 02br 01b 00even if I00 had02b 02br 00this is hypothetical/unreal and you should know which to choose.
  • 02br 00Study your conditionals here:02br 05002br 00as you should not have questions about the real/unreal issues.
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0When you see: 02br
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00this is hypothetical/unreal and you should know which to choose. 02br
00Study your conditionals here:02br
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0There 01i01u01b00is02b02u02i00 not enough space to mention all the scholars of the last hundred years or so on whose work I have drawn directly or indirectly, even if I00 01i01u01b00had02b02u02i00 00a complete record of my borrowings. (Quoted from 01i00Practical English U
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0 Teo, Are you playing "Gotcha"?02br
00If you already know the answer, why ask?02br
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0The reason for Swan choosing "is not" is "00I have drawn", he sees:02br
01i00There01b00 is not02b00 enough space to mention all the scholars on whose work I 01b00have drawn02b00 directly or indirectly.02i02br
00as an independent sentence written in 01b00indicativ02b00e, with 02br
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0 I ask because I don't know whether Swan is right or not. According to what I know about English grammar, he is wrong. But he is a well-educated native speaker, so I want to make sure if his sentence is grammatical.0-
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0 Heck, Swan is a professor ... he knows what he's talking about ...0-
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