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Liveinjapan Posted 19 years ago
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If S were to rise / If S rose

0Hi, everyone. I've been reading the forums for a while, and I've got a lot of knowledge about conditionals from here.02br
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00If + past from verb ....., S would/could ....02br
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00eg. If the sun were to rise in the west, I woud give you a billion dollars.02br
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00Can I rewrite this to:02br
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00If the sun rose in the west, I would give you a billion dollars.02br
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00Someone says I couldn't because that couldn't happen perfectly(Possibility is 0 %).In that case past simple doesn't work. But I don't think that explains well. My understanding is 'Yes It can be rewritten like that and the meaning doesn't change at all.'02br
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00Please help me out.02br
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0If the sun were to rise in the west, I would give you a billion dollars.02br
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0Thank you very much Liat. It's really helpful.05002br
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10If the sun rose in the west, I would give you a billion dollars.12br
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10Someone says I couldn't because that couldn't happen perfectly(Possibility is 0 %).In that case past simple doesn't work. But I don't think that explains well. My
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