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Teo Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
IF it were taking place in the present
In main clauses, the future use of the simple present occurs with time-position adverbials to suggest that the event is unalterably fixed in advance, and is as certain as it would be, were it taking place in the present.
Someone tells me that were it taking place in the present = if it were taking place in the present. What does if mean here?
Thank you very much for your reply.
Someone tells me that were it taking place in the present = if it were taking place in the present. What does if mean here?
Thank you very much for your reply.
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If it were taking place now, or these days, in the period we're living in.
- If it were taking place now, or these days, in the period we're living in.
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If it were taking place now, or these days, in the period we're living in.
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What does if mean here?
"if" means the same thing here as it does everywhere else.
It means "under the condition that", "in the situation where".
CJ
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