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Is there a difference between these two sentences.

Hello,

Is there a difference between these 2 sentences or do they mean the same thing. Are they both grammatically correct?

I can’t imagine how you would look if you were wearing glasses.

I can’t imagine how you would look if you had been wearing glasses.

Thank you so much.

  

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1) I can’t imagine how you would look if you were wearing glasses. 2) I can’t imagine how you would have looked if you had been wearing glasses. 3) I can’t imagine how you would look if you had been wearing glasses.

  • 1) I can’t imagine how you would look if you were wearing glasses.
  • 2) I can’t imagine how you would have looked if you had been wearing glasses.
  • 3) I can’t imagine how you would look if you had been wearing glasses.
  • (1) refers to a general imagined situation.
  • (2) refers to a specific past occasion when that person wasn't wearing glasses.
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1) I can’t imagine how you would look if you were wearing glasses.
2) I can’t imagine how you would have looked if you had been wearing glasses.
3) I can’t imagine how you would look if you had been wearing glasses.

(1) refers to a general imagined situation.

(2) refers to a specific past occasion when that pers

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