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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
past modal verb + have + p.p.
Are all sorts of ‘past modal verb + have + p.p.’ counterfactual conditionals?
Examples from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and their counterfactual conditionals I made:
Professor McGonagall was almost speechless with shock, and her glasses flashed furiously, "- how dare you - might have broken your neck -"
: If you had crashed onto the land, you might have broken you neck.
How could he have been so stupid?
: Even if he had been able to be not stupid, how could he have been so stupid?
Examples from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and their counterfactual conditionals I made:
Professor McGonagall was almost speechless with shock, and her glasses flashed furiously, "- how dare you - might have broken your neck -"
: If you had crashed onto the land, you might have broken you neck.
How could he have been so stupid?
: Even if he had been able to be not stupid, how could he have been so stupid?
Top answer
’ counterfactual conditionals? All that I can think of offhand are Conditional III, yes.
- ’ counterfactual conditionals?
- All that I can think of offhand are Conditional III, yes.
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eipjooAre all sorts of ‘past modal verb + have + p.p.’ counterfactual conditionals?All that I can think of offhand are Conditional III, yes.
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