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Rex Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Taxes

01.The prime minister has increased the taxes.02br
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002. If I am the prime minister, I would have lowered the taxes.02br
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00Is the second sentence fine? 02br
00The person who contested and lost the election could say the second sentence.02br
00You might disagree with or rather it is grammatically incorrect.0-
  

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02. If I am the prime minister, I would have lowered the taxes. 01font 00The person who says this 01b 00is not02b 00 the prime minister now so it would be better to change it into conditional II.

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  • If I am the prime minister, I would have lowered the taxes.
  • 01font 00The person who says this 01b 00is not02b 00 the prime minister now so it would be better to change it into conditional II.
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02. If I am the prime minister, I would have lowered the taxes. 01font00The person who says this 01b00is not02b00 the prime minister now so it would be better to change it into conditional II. 02font02br
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01font00If I were the prime minister, I would lower the taxes.02br
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01cite10Rex12cite101.The prime minister has increased the taxes.12br
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102. If I am the prime minister, I would have lowered the taxes.12br
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10Is the second sentence fine? 12br
10The person who contested and lost the election could say the second sentence.12br
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0 The following is not conditional; it is subjunctive.02br
01font00If I were the prime minister, I would lower the taxes.02br
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02font01font00If I was the prime minister, I would lower the taxes. 01font00This is conditional.02br
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01cite10Rex12cite10The following is not conditional; it is subjunctive.12br
11font10If I were the prime minister, I would lower the taxes. 11b11font10It is a conditional sentence.12font12b12br
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0Hi,02br
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00Here is a small comment that is off the main point.02br
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00If speaking of taxes in general, which is what this sounds like, omit 'the'. ie02br
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01font001.The prime minister has increased taxes.02br
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002. If I am the prime minister, I would have lowered taxes.02
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0 Hi Clive02br
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001.The prime minister has increased taxes.02br
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01font002. If I am the prime minister, I would have lowered taxes.02font02br
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00In addition, 'Prime Minister' is commonly capitalized thus.02br
01font00Best wishes, Clive02br
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0Hi,02br
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00When I said 'Here is a small comment that is off the main point', I meant that I was not correcting the original sentence except to comment on the phrase 'the taxes'. I wasn't trying to deal with the tenses, as other people had already commented on that. 05002br
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00Best wishes, Clive010id1
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01cite10Yoong Liat12cite12br
102. If I 11b10am12b10 the prime minister, I would have lowered taxes.12br
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10Is the above sentence grammatically correct? 10Is it AmE? 12br
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10No, not correct, even in AmE. 0-
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1b01font00According to Philip, there are 00three levels (categories) of conditional sentences00:02font02b02br
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01b00If I am prime minister, then I have the power.02b02br
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01b01font00If I were the prime minister, then I would have the power.0
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0 01b00Thanks, Clive and Barbara, for your replies.02br
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