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Seoul Brother Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Question about would and might
I got some water in my cell phone yesterday and I am afraidn that the water ( ) it.
Could you choose the best answer for the blank?
Here are the possible answers.
(1) would ruin (2) might have ruined
and Why?
thanks in advance
Could you choose the best answer for the blank?
Here are the possible answers.
(1) would ruin (2) might have ruined
and Why?
thanks in advance
Top answer
” The event (water entering the phone) has already happened and the outcome is yet unknown; so ‘might have ruined’ is more appropriate. If instead, you were contemplating what would happen (if water entered the phone), you could predict that it ‘would ruin’ it.
- ” The event (water entering the phone) has already happened and the outcome is yet unknown; so ‘might have ruined’ is more appropriate.
- If instead, you were contemplating what would happen (if water entered the phone), you could predict that it ‘would ruin’ it.
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“I got some water in my cell phone yesterday and I am afraid that the water might have ruined it.”
The event (water entering the phone) has already happened and the outcome is yet unknown; so ‘might have ruined’ is more appropriate.
If instead, you were contemplating what would happen (if water entered the phone), you could predict that it ‘would ruin’ it.
The event (water entering the phone) has already happened and the outcome is yet unknown; so ‘might have ruined’ is more appropriate.
If instead, you were contemplating what would happen (if water entered the phone), you could predict that it ‘would ruin’ it.
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