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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Sentence possibility
Which of these sentences are possible?
If you did take they keys, you will be in trouble.
If you did take the keys, you would have been in trouble.
If you did take the keys, you would be in trouble.
If you did take they keys, you will be in trouble.
If you did take the keys, you would have been in trouble.
If you did take the keys, you would be in trouble.
Top answer
If you did take the keys, you will be in trouble. If you did take the keys, you would have been in trouble. If you did take the keys, you would be in trouble.
- If you did take the keys, you will be in trouble.
- If you did take the keys, you would have been in trouble.
- If you did take the keys, you would be in trouble.
- All three of your sentences are possible, but their meanings are different.
- I'd say the second is the least likely to be used.
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If you did take the keys, you will be in trouble.
If you did take the keys, you would have been in trouble.
If you did take the keys, you would be in trouble.
All three of your sentences are possible, but their meanings are different. I'd say the second is the least likely to be used.
If you did take the keys, you would have been in trouble.
If you did take the keys, you would be in trouble.
All three of your sentences are possible, but their meanings are different. I'd say the second is the least likely to be used.
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ozzourtiAll three of your sentences are possible, but their meanings are different. I'd say the second is the least likely to be used.Thank you so much. Could you tell me please what each one means. I will give it a try and tell me what you think.
If you did take the keys, you will be in trouble. (you are going to be in trouble if you took t
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In the first sentence, the speaker probably has good reasons to think that the other person actually took the keys (in the past) and is giving that person a warning for the future ("you will be in trouble").
In the second sentence, the speaker is also fairly convinced that the other person actually took the keys (in the past) and is making a logical assertion that at some (subsequent) poi
In the second sentence, the speaker is also fairly convinced that the other person actually took the keys (in the past) and is making a logical assertion that at some (subsequent) poi
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ozzourtiAt least this is how I would interpret them without any context.Thank you so much. Your explanations were very clear and helpful.
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