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HeavansCloud Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Tense
Let's say I am starting to do some manual work by hand, without tools. The work could be finished within two hours with tools, but takes six hours without tools. It is currently 1 pm:
"If I had some tools, I ((would have finished, will have finished, would finish)) at 5 pm."
What tense should be used?
"If I had some tools, I ((would have finished, will have finished, would finish)) at 5 pm."
What tense should be used?
Top answer
would finish. Here are the three most used patterns for conditional statements. 1.
- would finish.
- Here are the three most used patterns for conditional statements.
- 1.
- IF [present], WILL ----- 2.
- IF [past], WOULD ----- 3.
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would finish.
Here are the three most used patterns for conditional statements.
1. IF [present], WILL -----
2. IF [past], WOULD -----
3. IF [ HAD pp], WOULD HAVE ----
CJ
Here are the three most used patterns for conditional statements.
1. IF [present], WILL -----
2. IF [past], WOULD -----
3. IF [ HAD pp], WOULD HAVE ----
CJ
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I was confused by the possible existence of a unreal conditional use of the future perfect tense.
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