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Musicgold Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

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Hi,

I hear and see sentences like the following a lot. I feel that either ‘don’t’ should be replaced with ‘didn’t’ or ‘would’ should be replaced with ‘will’ to make it grammatically correct. Am I correct in that?

If you don't mind emailing me back, I would like to ask you more questions.

Thanks.
  

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You can safely consider "would like" as an idiom that counts the same as a present tense for the purposes of conditional constructions. The sentence is fine. CJ

— CalifJim

  • You can safely consider "would like" as an idiom that counts the same as a present tense for the purposes of conditional constructions.
  • The sentence is fine.
  • CJ
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You can safely consider "would like" as an idiom that counts the same as a present tense for the purposes of conditional constructions. The sentence is fine.

CJ
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