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Jack112 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Mixed Conditional

0 1. If you 01b00were02b00 to do the work and then deduct the cost(s) from the net re-sale price, chances are you 01b00won't02b00 come out ahead. (Is this a mixed conditional with 'won't' here? Where is should be 'wouldn't' ?) 02br
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00So is this a better sentence: 02br
002. If you 01b00were02b00 to do the work and then deduct the cost(s) from the net re-sale price, chances are you 01b00wouldn't02b00 come out ahead. 02br
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0I don't believe in mixed conditionals, Jack. #1 should be 'if you do the work... you won't come out ahead' and #2 is good as you have stated it.

— Mister Micawber

  • 0I don't believe in mixed conditionals, Jack.
  • #1 should be 'if you do the work...
  • you won't come out ahead' and #2 is good as you have stated it.
  • 02br 02br 00For my money, you needn't hyphenate 'resale'.
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0I don't believe in mixed conditionals, Jack. #1 should be 'if you do the work... you won't come out ahead' and #2 is good as you have stated it. 02br
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001. If you were to do the work and then deduct the cost(s) from the net re-sale price, chances are> you 11b10won't12b10 come out ahead. 12blockquote
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00For #1, even though I know that you won't come out a head for sure, 'won't' should be 'wouldn't'? 02br
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0 "If you were to" goes together with "would" or "wouldn't". 02br
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00However, some acceptable mixed conditionals stalk this earth, surely? Most grammar books list 'em after all. 0-
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0 If I had studied grammar more carefully in school, I would now be able to explain conditionals to you better, Mr. M.! 02br
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0I don't wanna hear it, I don't wanna see it, I don't wanna know about it. It's easier this way, Jim, WC. Mixed conditionals just give me a headache. 02br
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0 Understandable sentiments. 02br
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00However, is this advanced moderator talk? 0-
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0Read my signature. 0-
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0 Well said, Mr. M.! 0-
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0 I suppose the 3/2 conditional in CJ's post is only 'mixed' because the person (committee?) who formulated the types didn't create a type 4 (imaginary past > imaginary present). 02br
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00The unhappiest hybrids seem to be those that take one clause from a type 1 (real/immediate situations) and the other from a type 2 or 3 (imaginary situations). 02br
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0 If I'm correct, you would have had such hybrids banned from the very beginning, Mr. P.! 02br
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