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I want to ask you one question on the paragraph below.
William: Her teachers were thinking of putting her in remedial classes. Can you believe that? My daughter is getting poor grades because she’s bored in school. She tunes out. She’d be coasting in her classes if the teachers would just challenge her.
What is the difference between the sentences below.
1) She would be coasting in her classes if the teachers would just challenge her.
2) She would be coasting in her classes if the teachers just challenged her.
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ritik What is the difference between the sentences below. I don't see a difference in meaning, and they both seem natural. By the way, in my US dialect, to coast in school is to get C's because you can't be bothered to try, even though you could get A's if you did.
- ritik What is the difference between the sentences below.
- I don't see a difference in meaning, and they both seem natural.
- By the way, in my US dialect, to coast in school is to get C's because you can't be bothered to try, even though you could get A's if you did.
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ritikWhat is the difference between the sentences below.
I don't see a difference in meaning, and they both seem natural. By the way, in my US dialect, to coast in school is to get C's because you can't be bothered to try, even though you could get A's if you did.
0coasts in her classes This means the class work is too esy for her, so she doesn't try.
The literal meaning of coasting is eg when she rides her bike downhill, she doesn't pedal. She just coasts.
So, the meanng of your two sentences is this.
1) She would not be coasting in her classes if the teachers would just challenge her.
2) She would not be coastin
0ritik1) if the teachers would just challenge her.
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2) if the teachers just challenged her.
1) violates the rule that neither 'will' nor 'would' should occur in an if-clause.
Nevertheless, it makes sense here because it conveys the idea if only, for goodness' sake, the teachers [had the good sense / could be persuaded] to challenge
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