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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Even though/if

Even though I have enough money to buy an expensive car, i don't have anywhere to park it.
Even if I had enough money to buy an expensive car, i don't have anywhere to park it.

Does the first sentense sound as right as the second one? Thanks.

  

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I think that the second sentence is gramatically incorrect. It should read: Even if I had enough money to buy an expensive car, I would not have any space to park it.

— Neeraj Jain

  • I think that the second sentence is gramatically incorrect.
  • It should read: Even if I had enough money to buy an expensive car, I would not have any space to park it.
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I think that the second sentence is gramatically incorrect. It should read:

Even if I had enough money to buy an expensive car, I would not have any space to park it.
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Neeraj JainI think that the second sentence is gramatically incorrect. It should read:

Even if I had enough money to buy an expensive car, I would not have any space to park it.

Thanks, Jain.

But could you tell why "I don't have anywhere to part it" is wrong?
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That's because you are starting your sentence in past tense.
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Neeraj JainThat's because you are starting your sentence in past tense.
Thanks, Jain.

If you think it's a past tense, I'd advise you to read it one more time.
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Neeraj JainThat's because you are starting your sentence in past tense.
It isn't really a past tense per se; rather it is the usual form for an if-clause in a level two conditional sentence.
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Philip
Neeraj JainThat's because you are starting your sentence in past tense.
It isn't really a past tense per se; rather it is the usual form for an if-clause in a level two conditional sentence.
Thanks, Philip, for your concern of this thread.

By the way, do you agree t
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The word if has a slightly different grammatical pattern than the word though.
Those shown below are not the only possibilities, but they are typical.

Even though I have ..., I don't ...
Even though I had ..., I didn't ...

Even if I have ..., I won't ...
Even if I had ..., I wouldn't ...

CJ
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CalifJimThe word if has a slightly different grammatical pattern than the word though.
Those shown below are not the only possibilities, but they are typical.

Even though I have ..., I don't ...
Even though I had ..., I didn't ...

Even if I have ..., I won't ...
Even if I had ..., I wouldn't ...

CJ

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And even if they were comprehensive enough, they would not necessarily be the only possibilities! Emotion: smile

CJ
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CalifJimAnd even if they were comprehensive enough, they would not necessarily be the only possibilities!
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