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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

If I had listened to you

0B: Oh no. I didn't buy the lottery. 02br
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00A: I told you so02br
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00B: If I had listened to you, I would be rich now./If I listened to you, I would be rich now.02br
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00I feel both are natural to say in this context. What do you think?02br
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00Thanks.0-
  

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1font 01i 00B: Oh no. I didn't buy the lottery. 02i 02font 02br 00There are some problems:02br 01font 01i 00B: Oh no.

— Optilang

  • 1font 01i 00B: Oh no.
  • I didn't buy the lottery.
  • 02i 02font 02br 00There are some problems:02br 01font 01i 00B: Oh no.
  • I didn't buy the lottery.
  • 02font 02br 01font 01i 00B: If I had listened to you, I would be rich now.
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1font01i00B: Oh no. I didn't buy the lottery. 02i02font02br
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01font01i00A: I told you so02i02font02br
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01font01i00B: If I had listened to you, I would be rich now./If I listened to you, I would be rich now.02i
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0Rephrasing02br
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00B: Oh no. I didn't buy a lottery ticket (?? This means any ticket of any lottery. How to be specific to the lottery his friend advised)02br
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00Why is there a condition? "supposing that the numbers had been selected before the draw"02br
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00The winning number was drawn, say, yesterday, and matched the number
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1i00B: If I had listened to you, I would be rich now.02i02br
00Only this is correct in the context, as you must establish precedence with the past-perfect-like form of the subjunctive mood 01b00If I had listened, 02b00to show it was01b00 before02b00 the lottery01b02br
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10Oh no. I didn't buy a lottery ticket (?? This means any ticket of any lottery. How to be specific to the lottery his friend advised)12blockquote
10 You could say "01i00Oh no. I didn't buy 01font00that02font00 lottery ticket02i0
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1font01i00B: Oh no. I didn't buy a lottery ticket (?? This means any ticket of any lottery. How to be specific to the lottery his friend advised) 02i00Oh no. I didn't buy the lottery ticket. 02br
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01font01i00Why is there a condition? "supposing that the numbers had
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0Thanks, Optilang, Huevos and MH. 02br
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00Sorry, Optilang. I misunderstood your condition as that the winning numbers were somehow known before the draw.0-
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