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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Past conditional or mixed conditional?
1)If she wanted to talk about it, she would have brought it up.
2)If she had wanted to talk about it, she would have brought it up.
Which would be correct if she still doesn't want to talk about it?
2)If she had wanted to talk about it, she would have brought it up.
Which would be correct if she still doesn't want to talk about it?
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Anonymous Which would be correct if she still doesn't want to talk about it? We don't know what she wants to do now; we only know that she has not brought it up. #1 makes it seem that she wants to now.
- Anonymous Which would be correct if she still doesn't want to talk about it?
- We don't know what she wants to do now; we only know that she has not brought it up.
- #1 makes it seem that she wants to now.
- #1 is mixed Conditional II and III.
- #2 is mixed Conditional III and II.
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AnonymousWhich would be correct if she still doesn't want to talk about it?We don't know what she wants to do now; we only know that she has not brought it up. #1 makes it seem that she wants to now.
#1 is mixed Conditional II and III.
#2 is mixed Conditional III and II.
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Thank you for the response Mister Micawber, but if I said "would have brought it up" it would clearly imply that the conversation I'm referring to took place at some point in the past, however "her not wanting to talk about it" is still true in the present, so which of the two would it be, had wanted or wanted?
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Do you understand 'Conditional II' and 'Conditional III' If not, read the links in my post at the end of this thread:
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Okay so let's look at it this way.
1) Basically means "She doesn't want to talk about it, she never does, which is why she didn't bring up that time when we were talking"
2) Implies "That time when we were talking, she hadn't wanted to talk about it, so she didn't bring it up"
Either can be correct depending on the context?
1) Basically means "She doesn't want to talk about it, she never does, which is why she didn't bring up that time when we were talking"
2) Implies "That time when we were talking, she hadn't wanted to talk about it, so she didn't bring it up"
Either can be correct depending on the context?
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AnonymousEither can be correctBoth sentences are correct, yes.
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