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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Invitational grammar
Which is correct please?
a) We would be delighted if you were able to attend our party
or
b) We would be delighted if you are able to attend our party
in a) delight seems to be on hold until after you have attended and we can look back on your arrival, when surely, as in b), delight is going to be immediately felt at the moment of arrival
Ah, pedantry, my solace in old age
a) We would be delighted if you were able to attend our party
or
b) We would be delighted if you are able to attend our party
in a) delight seems to be on hold until after you have attended and we can look back on your arrival, when surely, as in b), delight is going to be immediately felt at the moment of arrival
Ah, pedantry, my solace in old age
Top answer
Grammatically, option a) is the correct one. This is a second conditional sentence: ‘If + [Past Simple], + would + [bare infinitive]’ or (as in this case) ‘Would + [bare infinitive] + if + [Past Simple]’ .
- Grammatically, option a) is the correct one.
- This is a second conditional sentence: ‘If + [Past Simple], + would + [bare infinitive]’ or (as in this case) ‘Would + [bare infinitive] + if + [Past Simple]’ .
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Grammatically, option a) is the correct one. This is a second conditional sentence: ‘If + [Past Simple], + would + [bare infinitive]’ or (as in this case) ‘Would + [bare infinitive] + if + [Past Simple]’.
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