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Moon7296 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Subjunctive OR conditional sentence

If you want to use the inclined plane to help you move an object, then you have to move the object over a longer distance to get to the desired height than if you had started from directly below and moved upward.


Q) Why do you think the writer used the underlined part instead of "start"?

  

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The perfect conditional (would have started) cannot be used in an if-clause. The past perfect subjunctive (had started) is used instead. CB

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  • The perfect conditional (would have started) cannot be used in an if-clause.
  • The past perfect subjunctive (had started) is used instead.
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The perfect conditional (would have started) cannot be used in an if-clause. The past perfect subjunctive (had started) is used instead.

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moon7296

If you want to use the inclined plane to help you move an object, then you have to move the object over a longer distance to get to the desired height than if you had started from directly below and moved upward. Q) Why do you think the writer used the underlined part instead of "start"?

I've no idea.

"Had started" is fine, and s

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