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Arman19940326 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Second Conditional

Which one of these sentences is grammatically correct?

1) What would you do if you found out that your SO is an ex-con?

2) What would you do if you found out that your SO was an ex-con?


Should I always use the past tense in if clause of second conditionals?

  

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arman19940326 Which one of these sentences is grammatically correct? Both are correct and have the same meaning. arman19940326 Should I always use the past tense in if clause of second conditionals?

  • arman19940326 Which one of these sentences is grammatically correct?
  • Both are correct and have the same meaning.
  • arman19940326 Should I always use the past tense in if clause of second conditionals?
  • In the primary clause of the if-clause, yes.
  • Otherwise it's not a second conditional.
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arman19940326Which one of these sentences is grammatically correct?

Both are correct and have the same meaning.

arman19940326Should I always use the past tense in if clause of second conditionals?

In the primary clause of the if-clause, yes. Otherwise it's not a second conditional. In secondary clauses it's not r

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