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Nefrino Posted 17 years ago
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Mixed Conditional / tense/ meaning by Nefrino....
Hello ESL community,
Is the following mixed conditional sentence correct, with respect to the tense and meaning, especially in the first part of the sentence. Now, I know that we have 3 iron-clad contionals that all ESL teachers teach but as far as I hear there are many variations of them (mixed conditionals) that are mostly correct depending on the CONTEXT. But, how far is too far.....??? Here it is......
"If I had what I want, I wouldn't have had the predicament two years ago."
Now I know that the first part could have been "If I had had what I wanted" or "if I had what I wanted", but I thing that my original example also has a meaning of it's own.
Thanks all.
Is the following mixed conditional sentence correct, with respect to the tense and meaning, especially in the first part of the sentence. Now, I know that we have 3 iron-clad contionals that all ESL teachers teach but as far as I hear there are many variations of them (mixed conditionals) that are mostly correct depending on the CONTEXT. But, how far is too far.....??? Here it is......
"If I had what I want, I wouldn't have had the predicament two years ago."
Now I know that the first part could have been "If I had had what I wanted" or "if I had what I wanted", but I thing that my original example also has a meaning of it's own.
Thanks all.
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Hi, Is the following mixed conditional sentence correct, with respect to the tense and meaning, especially in the first part of the sentence. Now, I know that we have 3 iron-clad contionals that all ESL teachers teach but as far as I hear there are many variations of them (mixed conditionals) that are mostly correct depending on the CONTEXT. But, how far is too far.....???
- Hi, Is the following mixed conditional sentence correct, with respect to the tense and meaning, especially in the first part of the sentence.
- Now, I know that we have 3 iron-clad contionals that all ESL teachers teach but as far as I hear there are many variations of them (mixed conditionals) that are mostly correct depending on the CONTEXT.
- But, how far is too far.....???
- Here it is......
- " Now I know that the first part could have been "If I had had what I wanted" or "if I had what I wanted", but I thin k that my original example also has a meaning of it's own.
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Hi,
Is the following mixed conditional sentence correct, with respect to the tense and meaning, especially in the first part of the sentence. Now, I know that we have 3 iron-clad contionals that all ESL teachers teach but as far as I hear there are many variations of them (mixed conditionals) that are mostly correct depending on the CONTEXT. But, how far is too far.....??? Here it is....
Is the following mixed conditional sentence correct, with respect to the tense and meaning, especially in the first part of the sentence. Now, I know that we have 3 iron-clad contionals that all ESL teachers teach but as far as I hear there are many variations of them (mixed conditionals) that are mostly correct depending on the CONTEXT. But, how far is too far.....??? Here it is....
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Hi Clive,
Your sententence must be: If I'd (had) had what I wanted, I wouldn't have had the predicament two years ago. Your sentence (if i had what i want/wanted) might be correct if the situation is real, it means if you still don't have what you wanted and it's a real situation and not a hypothesis.
Cheers!
Sepideh
Your sententence must be: If I'd (had) had what I wanted, I wouldn't have had the predicament two years ago. Your sentence (if i had what i want/wanted) might be correct if the situation is real, it means if you still don't have what you wanted and it's a real situation and not a hypothesis.
Cheers!
Sepideh
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Hi,
It wasn't my sentnce. It was Nefirno's.
I asked him what he thought it meant, in order to intitiate a dsicussion with him. But he never replied.
Clive
It wasn't my sentnce. It was Nefirno's.
I asked him what he thought it meant, in order to intitiate a dsicussion with him. But he never replied.
Clive
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