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Sb70012 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Mixed conditional

1. If I hadn't been late, I wouldn't be fired
2. If I hadn't been late, I would not be unemployed (means now I am unemployed)
3. If I hadn't been late, he wouldn't fire me now. (?)
4. If I hadn't fallen in blue paint, I wouldn't be blue. (means now I am blue)
5. If I had been Japanese, I wouldn't need a visa. (means now I need visa)

Hello,
I think number 3 is incorrect. I think there must be a verb or adjective in the second part of sentence number 3 so that it can have a continuing result. Do you agree with me?
  

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(1) and (3) both seem slightly wonky to me. Do you mean that you haven't been fired yet but are certain that you will be? Or in (1) are you trying to use "fired" as an adjective, meaning that you are "fired" now?

— GPY

  • (1) and (3) both seem slightly wonky to me.
  • Do you mean that you haven't been fired yet but are certain that you will be?
  • Or in (1) are you trying to use "fired" as an adjective, meaning that you are "fired" now?
  • (5) isn't right.
  • "
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(1) and (3) both seem slightly wonky to me. Do you mean that you haven't been fired yet but are certain that you will be? Or in (1) are you trying to use "fired" as an adjective, meaning that you are "fired" now?

(5) isn't right. For that meaning, say "If I was/were Japanese, I wouldn't need a visa."
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