If my leg were not injured, I could attend the party tonight.
In the morning, person A says:
1) if my leg were not injured, I could attend the party tonight.
2) if I knew his home address, I could go to his house to meet him tonight.
3) if I had enough money, I could buy a 20-room mansion.
Q) Do the condition clauses in (1), (2) and (3) necessarily refer to the present time (= in the morning), and not the future? I mean:
1a) if my leg were not injured right now, I could attend the party tonight.
2a) if I knew his home address right now, I could go to his house to meet him tonight.
3a) if I had enough money right now, I could buy a 20-room mansion.
NOTE: The person's leg was injured, they did not know the home address and they did not have sufficient money when they uttered sentences (1), (2) and (3) in the morning.
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Rizan Malik Q) Do the condition clauses in (1), (2) and (3) necessarily refer to the present time (= in the morning), and not the future? Yes. I see no possibility of interpreting those clauses with future reference.
- Rizan Malik Q) Do the condition clauses in (1), (2) and (3) necessarily refer to the present time (= in the morning), and not the future?
- Yes.
- I see no possibility of interpreting those clauses with future reference.
- CJ
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Rizan MalikQ) Do the condition clauses in (1), (2) and (3) necessarily refer to the present time (= in the morning), and not the future?
Yes. I see no possibility of interpreting those clauses with future reference.
CJ
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