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Desk chalk 73 Posted 9 years ago
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Hello, could you tell me the way a footballer should say a sentence like this?


If I weren't a footballer, I would be a businessman

or If I hadn't been a footballer, I would have been a businessman

Which one is correct?

  

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Both sentences are correct, but they have slightly different meanings. desk chalk 73 If I weren't a footballer, I would be a businessman I am a footballer. desk chalk 73 If I hadn't been a footballer, I would have been a businessman The third conditional usually refers to the past.

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  • Both sentences are correct, but they have slightly different meanings.
  • desk chalk 73 If I weren't a footballer, I would be a businessman I am a footballer.
  • desk chalk 73 If I hadn't been a footballer, I would have been a businessman The third conditional usually refers to the past.
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Both sentences are correct, but they have slightly different meanings.

desk chalk 73If I weren't a footballer, I would be a businessman

I am a footballer.

desk chalk 73 If I hadn't been a footballer, I would have been a businessman
The third conditional usually refers to the past.
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