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OttoJ Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
If one knew
(p.147) Nineteen-Eighty Four:
-It's a message from a hundred years ago, if one knew how to read it.
The speaker is not talking about the past with 'know'; is the past simple 'knew' used because 'if' here is the same as 'One would wish...'?
-It's a message from a hundred years ago, if one knew how to read it.
The speaker is not talking about the past with 'know'; is the past simple 'knew' used because 'if' here is the same as 'One would wish...'?
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It is subjunctive for the same reason, yes: it is hypothetical.
- It is subjunctive for the same reason, yes: it is hypothetical.
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It is subjunctive for the same reason, yes: it is hypothetical.
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