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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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tense of this sentence

What is the tense of this sentence,is it talkig about past or not?plz explain for me...

If Maria succeeded, then everyone would sit up and take notice

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English is ambiguous enough for it to refer to the past or the future depending on the context. Succeeded can be an indicative past tense or a subjunctive and would can be a past tense meaning "used to" or an auxiliary of the present conditional. CB

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  • English is ambiguous enough for it to refer to the past or the future depending on the context.
  • Succeeded can be an indicative past tense or a subjunctive and would can be a past tense meaning "used to" or an auxiliary of the present conditional.
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English is ambiguous enough for it to refer to the past or the future depending on the context. Succeeded can be an indicative past tense or a subjunctive and would can be a past tense meaning "used to" or an auxiliary of the present conditional.

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AnonymousWhat is the tense of this sentence,is it talkig about past or not?plz explain for me...

If Maria succeeded, then everyone would sit up and take notice

thanks alot
This could be interpreted to refer to something that happened several times in the past (if = when; would = used to). I try to get st
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