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Lawn2llawn2 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

If I could....

Hi all I have a question about second conditional.

Is this sentence correct?

If you could choose where you lived, where would it be?

Is the underlined phrase right? Can I say "you live" too?

Thanks a lot

Liya
  

Top answer

Yes. It is correct. You cannot use 'you live' in this sentence.

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  • Yes.
  • It is correct.
  • You cannot use 'you live' in this sentence.
  • If a verb is in the Present Tense ("I live there"), it is a FACT - nothing hypothetical about it!
  • The 'if' clause sets up a hypothetical situation, and so both verbs in the clause must reflect that: If you could choose where you lived , where would it be?
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Yes. It is correct.
You cannot use 'you live' in this sentence.
If a verb is in the Present Tense ("I live there"), it is a FACT - nothing hypothetical about it!
The 'if' clause sets up a hypothetical situation, and so both verbs in the clause must reflect that:
If you could choose where you lived, where would it be?
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