It would not have made the slightest difference
with contraception? What did it matter if Andrée were pregnant? I put it to you, Monsieur Falcone, that] it would not have made the slightest difference <if Andrée became pregnant>, [unless it were to bring matters to a head sooner than was intended.]
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Hi. Do you think the bold sentence is an open past conditional? I.E. we don’t know whether she did become pregnant nor do we know whether it did make the slightest difference — all the past situation is complete open. Right?
Thank you.
PS: previously asked here: https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/it-would-not-have-made-the-slightest-difference-if-andrée-became-pregnant.3597645/
Do you think this sentence is wrong?
Top answer
The wording is not quite right. It should be, for example, something like the following: Let us suppose, for the sake of argument, that you and Andree had made up your minds to become united as a couple, at all costs. In that case, what would it matter if Andree got pregnant?
- The wording is not quite right.
- It should be, for example, something like the following: Let us suppose, for the sake of argument, that you and Andree had made up your minds to become united as a couple, at all costs.
- In that case, what would it matter if Andree got pregnant?
- I put it to you, Monsieur Falcone, that it would not make the slightest difference if Andree became pregnant under these circumstances, unless it were to bring matters to a head sooner than was intended.
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The wording is not quite right. It should be, for example, something like the following:
Let us suppose, for the sake of argument, that you and Andree had made up your minds to become united as a couple, at all costs. In that case, what would it matter if Andree got pregnant? I put it to you, Monsieur Falcone, that it would not make the slightest difference if Andree became pregn
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