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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
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Sentence inquiry

Is this sentence written correct? And are the tenses correct? Is it considered a present hypothetical or past sentence?

- If I wanted you to pick me up I would ask you.
  

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Anonymous Is this sentence written correct? Yes. Anonymous And are the tenses correct?

  • Anonymous Is this sentence written correct?
  • Yes.
  • Anonymous And are the tenses correct?
  • It depends on when you wish it to refer to.
  • Anonymous Is it considered a present hypothetical?
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AnonymousIs this sentence written correct?
Yes.
AnonymousAnd are the tenses correct?
It depends on when you wish it to refer to.
AnonymousIs it considered a present hypothetical?
Yes.
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Thanks. What do you mean by 'when you wish it to refer to'? You mean if the sentence is said to the right situation! I meant are the tenses in the sentence correct, as in if the sentence is written correctly with the correct tenses.
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AnonymousWhat do you mean by 'when you wish it to refer to'?
If you wish it to refer to improbable present/future, it is correct.
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I see. So the tenses are correct but it depends on when I am referring it to, right?

Can be seen as both improbable and hypothetical? Or do these words (improbable or hypothetical mean the same) basically mean the same?
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Anonymousr do these words (improbable or hypothetical mean the same) basically mean the same?
Yes.
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Would these be the two other forms in which they are written:

If I want you to pick me up I will ask you.(Future)
If I had wanted you to pick me up I would have asked you. (Unrealistic past)

And are what are in brackets, what they refer to, correct?

Thanks!
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Thank you very much.

My last question is, I just wasn't sure if I wrote this sentence correctly: And are what 'are' in brackets, what they refer to, correct?

Should I have used 'is' instead of 'are', or is 'are' correct?

Thanks again.

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