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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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If Tome had know?
Hi I have a question about this sentence
if tom had known how to change the light bub he whould not be sitting in the dark.
why do we use had known? And also can we use knew instead of had known
if tom had known how to change the light bub he whould not be sitting in the dark.
why do we use had known? And also can we use knew instead of had known
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Please start a fresh thread for new questions in future. I have split your post from the thread to which you had added it. Anonymous If T om had known how to change the light bulb he w h ould not be sitting in the dark.
- Please start a fresh thread for new questions in future.
- I have split your post from the thread to which you had added it.
- Anonymous If T om had known how to change the light bulb he w h ould not be sitting in the dark.
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Please start a fresh thread for new questions in future. I have split your post from the thread to which you had added it.
AnonymousIf Tom had known how to change the light bulb he whould not be sitting in the dark.
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If Tom had known how to change the light bulb, he would not be sitting in the dark.
The pattern is third conditional. This is used for unreal situations in the past.
If you had memorized the conditional sentence patterns, you would have known the answer and not posted the question.
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The pattern is third conditional. This is used for unreal situations in the past.
If you had memorized the conditional sentence patterns, you would have known the answer and not posted the question.
Read this:
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Anonymous Hi I have a question about this sentence
If Tom had known how to change the light bulb, he would not be sitting in the dark.
Why do we use
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and also can we use knew like this
if i knew english i whould be a teacher
if i knew english i whould be a teacher
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CJ is correct. It is based on the third conditional, but third conditional it completely in the past. This is a mixed pattern where the consequence of an unreal condition from the past is in the present.
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Anonymousif i knew english i whould be a teacherThat sentence has 6 errors.
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