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Curiouscharles77 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

if conditionals and using 'both of whom'

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Anyway, 02font 02br 02br 001) If he claims to be indifferent, would he allow criminals into his home? 02i 02font 02br 02br 00 2) If you call a liberal a republican, would you call an american a canadian? 01font 00First part starting with 01i 00if 02i 00states the real situation but the other part starting with 01i 00would02i 00 is hypothetical , only a supposition because of this it is past.

— Doll

  • Anyway, 02font 02br 02br 001) If he claims to be indifferent, would he allow criminals into his home?
  • 02i 02font 02br 02br 00 2) If you call a liberal a republican, would you call an american a canadian?
  • 01font 00First part starting with 01i 00if 02i 00states the real situation but the other part starting with 01i 00would02i 00 is hypothetical , only a supposition because of this it is past.
  • 02font 02br 02br 003) The criminals, both of whom are canadians, were found guilty.
  • Both of them are from Canada.
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1font00First of all I want to ask whether you made up this sentences or not.Anyway, 02font02br
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001) If he claims to be indifferent, would he allow criminals into his home? 01font00I really didn't understand this sentence.But it is obvious tht second part is hypothetical, supposition ,too.I think it wou
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0hi doll!02br
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00thanks for your help. these sentences are from a politics essay. from what i gather, your saying that 2) is grammatically correct. i was finding it confusing. i thought that if conditionals need to use the same tense. the first statment was edited (sorry). 1) if he claims (meaning that this is what he says to everyone) to be politically indifferent (suppo
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0hi doll!02br
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00thanks for your help. these sentences are from a politics essay. from what i gather, your saying that 2) is grammatically correct. i was finding it confusing. i thought that if conditionals need to use the same tense. the first statment was edited (sorry). 1) if he claims (meaning that this is what he says to everyone) to be politically indifferent (suppo
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0 1) if he claims to be politically indifferent , would he allow violent criminals into his home? is it grammatically incorrect? Yes grammatically correct but meaning is strange a bit. 0-
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