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Barbara D Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Subjunctive

We would have walked, if the restaurant were closer.
We would have walked, if the restaurant had been closer.

Are both sentences correct? Do they mean the same thing?

  

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We would walk, if the restaurant were closer. (present - you are about to call a taxi. ) We would have walked, if the restaurant had been closer.

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  • We would walk, if the restaurant were closer.
  • (present - you are about to call a taxi.
  • ) We would have walked, if the restaurant had been closer.
  • )
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We would walk, if the restaurant were closer. (present - you are about to call a taxi. )

We would have walked, if the restaurant had been closer. (past - you ate there yesterday and took a taxi.)

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