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Carter Lee Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Is this natural expression?

Hi.

I'm not sure that is this natural expression or not.

"If I'm falling in that situration , I would can't help my self"
  

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No. Say eg If I'm falling in that situation, I would can't help myself.

— Clive

  • No.
  • Say eg If I'm falling in that situation, I would can't help myself.
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No.
Say eg If I'm falling in that situation, I would can't help myself.
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Carter LeeI'm not sure that is this natural expression or not.
No. You can say this:
If I'm failing, (it's because) I can't help myself.

There are two errors here:
I would can't help my self"

Both would and can are modal auxili
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Carter Leewould can't
Two modal verbs. Impossible.

You need to change the second one from modal 'can' to non-modal 'be able to'.

I would not be able to ...

Further, the present tense (I'm falling) does not go with 'would'. You need the past, preferably substituting 'were' for 'was' after 'if'.

If I were falling i
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Carter Lee"If I'm falling in that situration ,
What do you mean by "falling in that situation"? I wonder whether you just mean "If I was/were in that situation".
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