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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Realis + would

0 I know that in certain areas people use "if" and "would" in the same subordinate clause. I'd just be interested to know if there are some dialects who use "would" in realis (condition 1) sentences. As a German I hear that from time to time in my native language (for example "If you come up with the money, I would perhaps consider helping you."). 0-
  

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0See: 01a 05000 02a 02br 02br 00where it talks about mixing tenses . . com/en/cram-up/grammar/conditional-sentences

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0 Thanks. I found this sentence online:02br
01i00 "00Today it went as high as $159.99 and I 01b00wouldn’t be surprised if we reach02b00 $180 before the end of the year."02i02br
00 Shouldn't it be 01i00"won't be surprised if we reach"02i00 or 01i00"wouldn't be surprised if we reached"02i0
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Shouldn't it be 11i10"won't be surprised if we reach"12i10 or 11i10"wouldn't be surprised if we reached"12i10? 12blockquote
10 Yes. People frequently use that mix of tenses, however.02br
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10"If you come up with the money, I would perhaps consider helping you."12blockquote
10 This is not really unusual. 'would perhaps' could be changed to "might" without altering the meaning much.02br
01i00Would you mind if I ... ?02i00 is often followed by the p
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