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Stefan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

if - when - should

0 Can I have your comments on this multple choice question?02br
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01font01i00________02i00 any questions arise as to the entries in the passbook, the records of the bank will be referred to.02font02br
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01font00a) if b) when c) should02br
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00IMO there isn't enough context to decide which one's the most suitable.02br
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0 I think any of them would be ok. 'If' and 'should' - this doesn't assume there will be any questions. 'When' - this assumes that there will be questions.

— Nona the brit

  • 0 I think any of them would be ok.
  • 'If' and 'should' - this doesn't assume there will be any questions.
  • 'When' - this assumes that there will be questions.
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0 I think any of them would be ok. 'If' and 'should' - this doesn't assume there will be any questions. 'When' - this assumes that there will be questions. 0-
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0For the given sentence, all are possible I think. But to tell the truth, I 'm not sure whether this sentence is grammatical in tense. I would prefer ;02br
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00If any questions00 01font00arose02font00 as to the entries in the passbook,01font00the records of the bank 01font
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01font10there isn't enough context to decide which one's the most suitable.12font12blockquote
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01cite10Mr-Taciturn12cite10For the given sentence, all are possible I think. But to tell the truth, I 'm not sure whether this sentence is grammatical in tense. I would prefer ;12br
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10If any questions10 11font10arose12font10 as to the entries in the passbook,11f
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20If any questions 20arose 20as to the entries in the passbook,the records of the bank would be referred to.22br
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10This assumes that the possibilit
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1b00Anyway, you're a native speaker and I'm only a learner, so could you please clarify my doubts?02b02br
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01b00And mine too please02b00, we are not agreed on01b00 past02b00 reference. 0-
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0 I, for one, have no doubts this should be c). 02br
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00 It's a formal question, and requires the 01i00putative should02i00. a) and b) are only approximations, and less formal. 02br
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01b01i00If02i00:02b00 01font00means on the condition that something happens
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10I, for one, have no doubts this should be c). 12br
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10I would have chosen C, too. I'm only asking for a clarification on what GG wrote, even though it's a bit out of topic.12br
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0This is where my experise as a writer comes up quite short - I'm not sure how to explain it, only how I would write it for what I consider maximum effectiveness. 02br
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00The earlier poster had suggested that the sentence be rewritten as "If any question arose...."02br
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00With that phrasing, you don't know whether there were questions or not. You o
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