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Photon Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

If I have/had/were to have free time

(1) If I have free time, I'll go play.

(2) If I had free time, I would go play.

(3) If I were to have free time, I would go play.

Question: Do these sentences sound idiomatic?

  

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Photon Do these sentences sound idiomatic? Yes, fairly idiomatic. Still, (3) sounds like something my grandfather would say.

— CalifJim

  • Photon Do these sentences sound idiomatic?
  • Yes, fairly idiomatic.
  • Still, (3) sounds like something my grandfather would say.
  • The 'were to' construction seems a bit old-fashioned (or possibly formal) to my ear when it appears in ordinary conversations (but it's not wrong).
  • I also think that the 'go play' part would be fleshed out in more detail in a real conversation: 'go and play football', 'go and play chess', 'go and play the guitar'.
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PhotonDo these sentences sound idiomatic?

Yes, fairly idiomatic. Still, (3) sounds like something my grandfather would say. The 'were to' construction seems a bit old-fashioned (or possibly formal) to my ear when it appears in ordinary conversations (but it's not wrong).

I also think that the 'go play' part would be fleshed out in more detail in a r

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