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Demaryi Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Sentences analysis - 4 phrases
Sentence: Don't you think it's better you catch the package here?
Answer: If you had mailed the package, I would have already received it.
Sentence: Why haven't you hired him, if he was a good guy?
Answer: If he had improved his skills, he would have been hired.
Sentence: Haven't you wanted to reply that questions?
Answer: If we had more time, we would have replied.
Sentence: Are they looking for anybody to hire in his place?
Answer: He hasn't retired yet.
If this sentences make no sense, could you please help me? Thanks.
Answer: If you had mailed the package, I would have already received it.
Sentence: Why haven't you hired him, if he was a good guy?
Answer: If he had improved his skills, he would have been hired.
Sentence: Haven't you wanted to reply that questions?
Answer: If we had more time, we would have replied.
Sentence: Are they looking for anybody to hire in his place?
Answer: He hasn't retired yet.
If this sentences make no sense, could you please help me? Thanks.
Top answer
Hi, Sentence: Don't you think it's better you catch the package here? 'Catch the package' sounds wrong. Do you mean 'pick up the package / collect the package'?
- Hi, Sentence: Don't you think it's better you catch the package here?
- 'Catch the package' sounds wrong.
- Do you mean 'pick up the package / collect the package'?
- Answer: If you had mailed the package, I would have already received it.
- This is a very indirect response.
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Hi,
Sentence: Don't you think it's better you catch the package here?
'Catch the package' sounds wrong. Do you mean 'pick up the package / collect the package'?
Answer: If you had mailed the package, I would have already received it.
This is a very indirect response. More direct would be
eg No, can you please mail it?
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Sentence: Don't you think it's better you catch the package here?
'Catch the package' sounds wrong. Do you mean 'pick up the package / collect the package'?
Answer: If you had mailed the package, I would have already received it.
This is a very indirect response. More direct would be
eg No, can you please mail it?
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Hi Demaryi;
The first 3 answers are examples of third conditional. The main clause makes a statement about something in the past that did not happen.
Sentence 1: I did not receive your package yet.
Sentence 2: The did not hire him.
Sentence 3: We did not reply yet.
So your questions should be matched to the events that did not happen. Your second question is OK
The first 3 answers are examples of third conditional. The main clause makes a statement about something in the past that did not happen.
Sentence 1: I did not receive your package yet.
Sentence 2: The did not hire him.
Sentence 3: We did not reply yet.
So your questions should be matched to the events that did not happen. Your second question is OK
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Thank you very much.
The answers are the base, I have to do the sentences. For that reason the sentences are awkward.
So, do you suggest a differente sentence in the fisrt one?
I can't think in anything!
In the 2nd sentence it would be better if I'd displace "guy" for "man"?
The answers are the base, I have to do the sentences. For that reason the sentences are awkward.
So, do you suggest a differente sentence in the fisrt one?
I can't think in anything!
In the 2nd sentence it would be better if I'd displace "guy" for "man"?
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Hi Demaryi,
I assume you want to know whether or not the sentences in bold face type are OK. It would have been easier to help you and give you suggestions if you had told us exactly what your instructions were. For example, I do not know whether the speaker is supposed to be the same in each pair of sentences, or whether each pair of sentences should have two different speakers.
I assume you want to know whether or not the sentences in bold face type are OK. It would have been easier to help you and give you suggestions if you had told us exactly what your instructions were. For example, I do not know whether the speaker is supposed to be the same in each pair of sentences, or whether each pair of sentences should have two different speakers.
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Hi Yankee, thanks. So, I have the answers and I need to write a question for them. But I need, preferably, to use the present perfect, past perfect and the 3rd conditional.
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Hi,
I'm quite confused now about what you are trying to do, so I'll leave you in the capable hands of others with more patience than I have.
I'm quite confused now about what you are trying to do, so I'll leave you in the capable hands of others with more patience than I have.
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CliveHi, I'm quite confused now about what you are trying to do, so I'll leave you in the capable hands of others with more patience than I have. Clive
No Clive, your help was very good. I really appreciate it. I was just thinking of a sentence more appropriate for the first one. Because you said that answer is awkward.
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Do you think it's better?
Sentence: (thinking about)
Answer: If you had mailed the package, I would have already received it.
Sentence: If he is a good man, why haven't you hired him?
Answer: If he had improved his skills, he would have been hired.
Sentence: Didn't you want to reply to that question?
Sentence: (thinking about)
Answer: If you had mailed the package, I would have already received it.
Sentence: If he is a good man, why haven't you hired him?
Answer: If he had improved his skills, he would have been hired.
Sentence: Didn't you want to reply to that question?
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