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1. Lord Jon might wed Lysa to bind the Tullys to the cause of the rebellion, and in hopes of a son, but it would have been hard for him to love a woman who came to his bed soiled and unwilling. (Game of Thrones)
Hi. Is the underlined sentence equivalent to "If he had loved a woman who came to his bed soiled and unwilling, it would have been hard", which is a type 3 conditional?
2. It would have been ungracious to hope that she would smash her head on a stone. (Game of Thrones)
Again, is this sentence equivalent to "If one had hoped that she would smash her head on a stone, it would have been ungracious", which is a type 3 conditional?
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zuotengdazuo Hi. Is the underlined sentence equivalent to "If he had loved a woman who came to his bed soiled and unwilling, it would have been hard", which is a type 3 conditional? Not really.
- zuotengdazuo Hi.
- Is the underlined sentence equivalent to "If he had loved a woman who came to his bed soiled and unwilling, it would have been hard", which is a type 3 conditional?
- Not really.
- "It would have been hard for him to ~" expresses the difficulty of his doing something.
- The second sentence imagines that he did it, and then says the situation would have been "hard" in that case.
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zuotengdazuoHi. Is the underlined sentence equivalent to "If he had loved a woman who came to his bed soiled and unwilling, it would have been hard", which is a type 3 conditional?
Not really. "It would have been hard for him to ~" expresses the difficulty of his doing something. The second sentence imagines that he did it, and then says the situation would
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