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Hat gray 40 Posted 9 years ago
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If you came earlier, you would see her performance. (Does this mean he didn’t come early?)


If you had come earlier, you would see her performance. (If you had arrived a bit earlier, you would see her performance)


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hat gray 40 If you came earlier, you would see her performance. It's second conditional clause, which shows an unreal, hypothetical, or impossible situation in present or future. hat gray 40 Does this mean he didn’t come early?

  • hat gray 40 If you came earlier, you would see her performance.
  • It's second conditional clause, which shows an unreal, hypothetical, or impossible situation in present or future.
  • hat gray 40 Does this mean he didn’t come early?
  • No.
  • It means he is not likely to come early and it's sure that he will miss her performance.
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hat gray 40If you came earlier, you would see her performance.

It's second conditional clause, which shows an unreal, hypothetical, or impossible situation in present or future.

hat gray 40Does this mean he didn’t come early?

No. It means he is not likely to come early and it's sure that he will miss her performanc

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