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Xavier765 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
If + past Tense
How do you correct this? If a person intends to be credible, I strives to be ethical in all of his transactions. I revised this sentense and corrected this, "If a person intended to be credible, He or she would strive to be ethical in all of his or her transactions", but my friend said that it is wrong, he's answer was " If a person intends to be credible, he or she strives to be ethical in all of his or her transactions". He said that my answer was wrong because if i were going to use "If", i will only change the verbs to past tense if "If" is followed by the "I". Is my friend correct or me?
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Hi Your statements are a little confusing to me. However I think I can answer your question. Your refer to zero condition wherein there is present tense in both the if clause and the main clause.
- Hi Your statements are a little confusing to me.
- However I think I can answer your question.
- Your refer to zero condition wherein there is present tense in both the if clause and the main clause.
- " By zero condition we mean the result is foregone conclusion.
- Here are a few examples If milk is boiled, the germs are killed.
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Hi
Your statements are a little confusing to me.
However I think I can answer your question.
Your refer to zero condition wherein there is present tense in both the if clause and the main clause. Thus your sentence is written as "If a person intends to be credible, he or she strives to be ethical....."
By zero condition we mean the result is foreg
Your statements are a little confusing to me.
However I think I can answer your question.
Your refer to zero condition wherein there is present tense in both the if clause and the main clause. Thus your sentence is written as "If a person intends to be credible, he or she strives to be ethical....."
By zero condition we mean the result is foreg
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Xavier765i will only change the verbs to past tense if "If" is followed by the "I".No. The presence of the pronoun I has nothing to do with it. You can have conditional statements with any subject pronoun or noun. You have a choice between three versions:
If a person intends to be credible, he [strives / will strive] to be ethical in all
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