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The Graduate Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

My First Question ..

Hi Guys,

I'm really happy to join your forums .. and I hope to spend useful and fun times with you Emotion: smile

My question is ..

Can we ask a question in simple present tense which its answer is in past simple?

For example, I may ask a question that is to be true either in the present or the future time like What if you get married?

And the answer (which can be also one or more question to clarify the consequences) according to my understanding will be in past simple because the event of marriage is not yet fullfilled. Examples to answers to this question can be Would you be able to see your friends every day?, Would you change your habbit of sleeping late? and Would you be able to attend single men parties Emotion: smile?

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Hi, The Graduate, Welcome to the forum! You're talking about conditional sentences. com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences ]3 types[/url] of them.

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Hi, The Graduate,

Welcome to the forum!

You're talking about conditional sentences. There are [url=http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences]3 types[/url] of them. If you ask 'What if you get married?', an anwer (although it's not actually an answ
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Thank you Ruslana for your immediate response .. you were very helpful in answering my question Emotion: smile
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