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Liveinjapan Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
If he ....
He could've written a much better book if he was working with me on it.
He could've written a much better book if he were working with me on it.
He could've written a much better book if he had been working with me on it.
I've learned all above sentences carry the same meaning. Am I right?
Thanks
LiJ
He could've written a much better book if he were working with me on it.
He could've written a much better book if he had been working with me on it.
I've learned all above sentences carry the same meaning. Am I right?
Thanks
LiJ
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I think only this is correct: He could've written a much better book if he had worked was working with me on it. All the 3 given by you are wrong.
- I think only this is correct: He could've written a much better book if he had worked was working with me on it.
- All the 3 given by you are wrong.
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I think only this is correct:
He could've written a much better book if he had workedwas working with me on it.
All the 3 given by you are wrong.
He could've written a much better book if he had worked
All the 3 given by you are wrong.
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SarangadharI think only this is correct:Thanks.
He could've written a much better book if he had workedwas workingwith me on it.
All the 3 given by you are wrong.
How about: if he worked with me on it.
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LiveinjapanYou can wriSarangadharThanks.
I think only this is correct:
He could've written a much better book if he had workedwas workingwith me on it.
All the 3 given by you are wrong.
How about: if he worked with me on it.
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I know these rules, Sarangadhar. Thanks for your reply. 
Some native speakers of English told me:
You can use past
Some native speakers of English told me:
You can use past
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I've learned all above sentences carry the same meaning. Am I right?Yes. They are all understandable as having the same meaning. However, only the last one is technically correct.
CJ
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CalifJim only the last one is technically correct.CJ
CJ
I think last one is also wrong.
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Yes, I know. You said that earlier in this thread.
I think last one is also wrong.
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CalifJimYes, I know. You said that earlier in this thread.
I think last one is also wrong.
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No. When I said the last one was technically correct, I meant that it was correct from the point of view of strict grammar -- in contrast to the other two, which are not strictly correct, although they would be understood by any native speaker of English.
(By the way, there is no rule that says that a progressive tense cannot be used in either clause of a conditional statement, if
(By the way, there is no rule that says that a progressive tense cannot be used in either clause of a conditional statement, if
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