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Could you tell me, please? Is it OK to use the modals "ought to, need to, should, had better" with third conditionals?as follows:
1. If he had run fast, he ought to have won the race.
2. If he had run fast, he need to have won the race.
3. If he had run fast, he had better have won the race.
4. If he had run fast, he should have won the race.
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JA
Top answer
Third conditionals have an untrue condition in the past, followed by a resultant state in the past. If he had run faster, he ought to have won the race. OK.
- Third conditionals have an untrue condition in the past, followed by a resultant state in the past.
- If he had run faster, he ought to have won the race.
- OK.
- Use ought to with the base form to show obligation or necessity in the present.
- Use ought to have with a past participle to indicate that something was expected to happen or be the case, but it did not happen or was not the case.
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Third conditionals have an untrue condition in the past, followed by a resultant state in the past.
If he had run faster, he ought to have won the race. OK. Use ought to with the base form to show obligation or necessity in the present. Use ought to have with a past participle to indicate that something was expected to happen or be the case, but it did
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