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Pooyan Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Past Real Conditions

Hello,

Could we rewrite the following sentence"

"When I had a day off from work, I often went to the beach". Now, I never get time off.

as:

"When I had a day off from work, I would often go to the beach". 

Because it has been a habitual and repetitive action?

Thanks
  

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"If I had a day off from work, I would go to the beach."

wondering if the above sentence could be referring to both Past Real Condition and Present Unreal Condition?

Thanks.
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Pooyan"If I had a day off from work, I would go to the beach."
wondering if the above sentence could be referring to both Past Real Condition and Present Unreal Condition?
Thanks.
Oh, yes. You're right! To avoid confusion:

Whenever I had a day off, I would go to the beach.
On my days off, I would go to the beach.
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Pooyan"If I had a day off from work, I would go to the beach."wondering if the above sentence could be referring to both Past Real Condition and Present Unreal Condition?
Yes. The sentence can be read either way.

One way of restricting it to just a past real condition is to change would to used to:

If I had a day off from wor
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