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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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is, would be

0Could you please help me to check this sentence: If I 01u00moved02u00 to a foreign country, the language 01u00is02u00 something I would be worried about.02br
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00This is a conditional sentence. The underlined verbs are not in agreement. I think "is" should be "would be", "could be" or "might be". Thank you for your help.0-
  

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0Dear sir,02br 02br 00It is my opinion that there is no need to change the sentence. It is the same as «I would be worried about the language». 02br 02br 00Kind regards, 05002br 02br 00Goldmund010id1

— Goldmund

  • 0Dear sir,02br 02br 00It is my opinion that there is no need to change the sentence.
  • It is the same as «I would be worried about the language».
  • 02br 02br 00Kind regards, 05002br 02br 00Goldmund010id1
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0Dear sir,02br
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00It is my opinion that there is no need to change the sentence. It is the same as «I would be worried about the language». It is excessive to say «would be something I would be».02br
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00Kind regards, 05002br
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00Goldmund010id1
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0 Maybe the whole sentence can be reworded to:02br
00If I moved to a foreign country, the language would be something (to worry about / that I worried about).0-
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0 The sentence is fine.02br
01i00if I moved02i00 goes with 01i00I would be worried02i02br
00 It is merely a re-ordering of this sentence:02br
00 The language is 02br
00 [ something 02br
00 (that) 02br
00 I would be worried about (the language) if I mo
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