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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

past simple or conditionnal

Hello teacher

I would like to know why drop is past simple and not conditionnal

Here is the sentence:

the future prim would be playing loudly in the background while everyone dropped acid and danced like craze.

thanks a lot
  

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Anonymous I would like to know why drop is past simple and not conditionnal It is in a different clause, but anyway, 'would' there in the other clause is not conditional; it is past habit.

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous I would like to know why drop is past simple and not conditionnal It is in a different clause, but anyway, 'would' there in the other clause is not conditional; it is past habit.
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AnonymousI would like to know why drop is past simple and not conditionnal
It is in a different clause, but anyway, 'would' there in the other clause is not conditional; it is past habit.
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Sorry , I should have written the beginning of the sentence " If satan had a pool party, the future prim would be playing loudly while everyone dropped acid and danced . So there is a condition" if Satan had a pool party"; so playing is conditional, isn't it?
I know it is not the same clause, but all events" playing, dancing and dropping " are on the same "line or level".they are tied ,I mea
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Anonymous If satan had a pool party, the future prim would be playing loudly while everyone dropped acid and danced . So there is a condition" if Satan had a pool party"; so playing is conditional, isn't it?
'Would be playing' is conditional, yes.
Anonymous playing, dancing and dropping " are on the same "line or level".they are tied ,I
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