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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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If I go to china, I would visit the Great Wall. Is it right?

0Could anyone explain me the meaning of following sentence :02br
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00I understand the above sentence like this : 02br
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e. you will hardly visit it (because of the lack of time, for instance). 0-

— Ruslana

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  • you will hardly visit it (because of the lack of time, for instance).
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0If I go to China, I will visit the Great Wall --> (1st conditional) implies that you have time/money/the wish to visit China and maybe you will really do it and will visit the Great Wall.02br
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00If I went to China, I would visit the Great Wall --> (2nd conditional) implies that you will hardly visit China due to some reasons (for example, due to the lack of time/mo
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10If I go to China, I will visit the Great Wall --> (1st conditional) implies that you have time/money/the wish to visit China and maybe you will really do it and will visit the Great Wall.12br
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10If I went to China, I would visit the Great Wall --> (2nd conditional) implies
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0Yes, I know about the third conditional. 02br
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00The thing I called "mixed conditional" is something I read about in my grammar book. They say that it is a case when there is one type of condition in a main clause, and another type - in a subordinate clause. Here are some examples:02br
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01cite10Ruslana12cite10Yes, I know about the third conditional. 12br
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10The thing I called "mixed conditional" is something I read about in my grammar book. They say that it is a case when there is one type of condition in a main clause, and another type - in a subordinate clause. Here are some examples:12br
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0If I go to China, I would visit the Great Wall 02br
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00You told me, the above sentence is mixed conditional.02br
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00You also gave the following examples of mixed conditional :02br
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01i00If you 01b00had worked02b00 harder last year 02i00(third conditional)01i00, you 01b
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0 Forget about that example with "If I go to China...". It's wrong. 0-
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01cite10Ruslana12cite10Forget about that example with "If I go to China...". It's wrong.12blockquote
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0 01font00Just for the record: last spring I went to China and I visited the Great Wall. Impressive!!02font00 0-
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0 Wow, glad for you, Philip! 0-
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