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Ter Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
If conditional
for type 3 conditional:
If I had left earlier, I would have caught the bus.
I want to ask:
If they had been less critical, thousands of children in poorer areas would not be / would not have been blind today.
Why is the answer "would not be" but not "would not have been"? I heard that is because of the word "today", but I still don't quite get it.
thanks for the help!
If I had left earlier, I would have caught the bus.
I want to ask:
If they had been less critical, thousands of children in poorer areas would not be / would not have been blind today.
Why is the answer "would not be" but not "would not have been"? I heard that is because of the word "today", but I still don't quite get it.
thanks for the help!
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Ter Why is the answer "would not be" but not "would not have been"? I heard that is because of the word "today", but I still don't quite get it. It is because of 'today', yes.
- Ter Why is the answer "would not be" but not "would not have been"?
- I heard that is because of the word "today", but I still don't quite get it.
- It is because of 'today', yes.
- Mixed conditionals are common, the clauses depending on their location in time.
- If I had left the meeting earlier yesterday, I would not have to attend the next meeting tomorrow.
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TerWhy is the answer "would not be" but not "would not have been"? I heard that is because of the word "today", but I still don't quite get it.It is because of 'today', yes. Mixed conditionals are common, the clauses depending on their location in time.
If I had left the meeting earlier yesterday, I would not have to attend the next meeting tomor
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