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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
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In ''If I had any problem I would contact you'' past tense is used
Had I any problem I would contact you. = If I had any problem I would contact you.
In If I had any problem I would contact you past tense is used. What is the reason for using past tense when the situation is not really in the past. I believe it's because the situation is just being imagined and past tense is used to present such as hypothetical situation. Am I correct?
In If I had any problem I would contact you past tense is used. What is the reason for using past tense when the situation is not really in the past. I believe it's because the situation is just being imagined and past tense is used to present such as hypothetical situation. Am I correct?
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You're right. To make it a true past situation: «If I had had any problem I would have contacted you», otherwise it's a time-less (still possible at the moment of speech) and hypothetical.
- You're right.
- To make it a true past situation: «If I had had any problem I would have contacted you», otherwise it's a time-less (still possible at the moment of speech) and hypothetical.
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You're right. To make it a true past situation: «If I had had any problem I would have contacted you», otherwise it's a time-less (still possible at the moment of speech) and hypothetical.
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