If I knew what you were doing, I could tell you whether I thought you were doing it right or wrong.
Hello.
I am sorry if I am being annoying, but I am also struggling with conditional sentences.
I am aware that if something does not actually happen I need to put:
If I (past simple), I would...
But what about examples where the sentence goes on like:
If I knew what you were doing, I could/would tell you, whether you (were/are doing) it right.
Is “would tell”, “would say”, “would think” always or often followed by the past tense?
Thanks, that’s all I am wondering about for now.
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franziska bohn If I knew what you were doing, I could/would tell yo u [no comma] w hether you were doing it right. As shown above. Both 'could' and 'would' are OK.
- franziska bohn If I knew what you were doing, I could/would tell yo u [no comma] w hether you were doing it right.
- As shown above.
- Both 'could' and 'would' are OK.
- CJ
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franziska bohnIf I knew what you were doing, I could/would tell you [no comma] whether you were doing it right.
As shown above. Both 'could' and 'would' are OK.
CJ
0But with “would think” it would have to be the past, wouldn’t it?
Also I was texting with a native speaker once and she I showed her two sentence and asked her which one was more correct. And she said:”I wouldn’t say one was more correct than the other.”
Did she say that because there was “would” in her sentence?
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