Hypotheticals
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If I ever heard him speak wrong sentences, I would immediately fix them and taught him the the correct ones.
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The sentence must be a hypothetical.
But the person who wrote that sentence says that she actually tried and did as that sentence: immediately fixed them and taught him the the correct ones.
So, what happened can also be expressed through hypotheticals?
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First, I need to fix the original: If I ever heard him speak wrong sentences, I would immediately fix them and teach him the correct ones . pructus The sentence must be a hypothetical. It could be either Conditional II (present) or 'would' of past habit.
- First, I need to fix the original: If I ever heard him speak wrong sentences, I would immediately fix them and teach him the correct ones .
- pructus The sentence must be a hypothetical.
- It could be either Conditional II (present) or 'would' of past habit.
- That is two different uses of 'would'.
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First, I need to fix the original:
If I ever heard him speak wrong sentences, I would immediately fix them and teach him the correct ones.
pructusThe sentence must be a hypothetical.
It could be either Conditional II (present) or 'would' of past habit. That is two different uses of 'would'.
0pructusThe sentence must be a hypothetical.
Not necessarily. To my ear, the word 'ever' signals that this is more likely to be a case of a past habit.
CJ
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