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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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First conditional or mixed conditional? Don't/Didn't?

''I wouldn't be surprised if you don't/didn't remember all the mean things you said about me''
If I'm talking about the person in question remembering those things in the present.
  

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"would" goes with the past "didn't". Here's one version: I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't remember all the mean things you said about me. And here's another: I'm not surprised that you don't remember all the mean things you said about me.

— CalifJim

  • "would" goes with the past "didn't".
  • Here's one version: I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't remember all the mean things you said about me.
  • And here's another: I'm not surprised that you don't remember all the mean things you said about me.
  • The first is more deferential and the second is more direct.
  • Both apply to present time.
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"would" goes with the past "didn't".

Here's one version: I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't remember all the mean things you said about me.
And here's another: I'm not surprised that you don't remember all the mean things you said about me.

The first is more deferential and the second is more direct. Both apply to present time.

CJ
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