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Teal desk 749 Posted 4 years ago
Grammar
Grammar query.
Hi, is it correct to write like this?
Children will starve to death if all the shops were shuttered due to lockdowns.
I used "were" as the situation is very unlikely.
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Children would starve to death if all the shops were shuttered due to lockdowns.
- Children would starve to death if all the shops were shuttered due to lockdowns.
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Children would starve to death if all the shops were shuttered due to lockdowns.
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Your first choice should always be one of these:
1. IF present, WILL base form ...
2. IF past, WOULD base form ...
3. IF HAD past-participle, WOULD HAVE past-participle ...
teal desk 749I used "were" as the situation is very unlikely.
This consideration is not what you should be thinking about first when constructing a conditional senten
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