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Bielo Posted 15 years ago
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Is this sentence correct?

"I wonder if anyone would notice my absence if I had left for good."
  

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You have used mixed conditional. In my opinion you had better use unreal past or unreal present conditional according to your context. I wonder if anyone would have noticed my absence if I had left for good.

— Hrsanei

  • You have used mixed conditional.
  • In my opinion you had better use unreal past or unreal present conditional according to your context.
  • I wonder if anyone would have noticed my absence if I had left for good.
  • (talks about past assumption) or unreal present one: I wonder if anyone would notice my absence if I leave for good.
  • (Talks about present) That's my understanding Let's see what others say
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You have used mixed conditional.

In my opinion you had better use unreal past or unreal present conditional according to your context.

I wonder if anyone would have noticed my absence if I had left for good. (talks about past assumption)

or unreal present one:

I wonder if anyone would notice my absence if I leave for good. (Talks about
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Thank you. I would rather use "I wonder if anyone would notice my absence if I leave for good." It appeals better to my context.
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I wonder if anyone will notice my absense if I leave for good.

I wonder if anyone would notice my absense if I left for good. [or were to leave]

I wonder if anyone would have noticed my absense if I had left for good.
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