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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
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Tenses & Conditionals in this small paragphraph
Several people pass and look at the bird, but no one touches it. If a cat sees the bird, the cat will kill it.
What if I want to make the possibility of the cat seeing the birl unlikely? Cna I change the if clause tense to past (subjunctive)?
Several people passed and looked at the bird, but no one touched it. If a cat saw the bird, the cat would kill it.
What if I want to make the possibility of the cat seeing the bird likely? Can I change the if clause tense to present?
Thanks
What if I want to make the possibility of the cat seeing the birl unlikely? Cna I change the if clause tense to past (subjunctive)?
Several people passed and looked at the bird, but no one touched it. If a cat saw the bird, the cat would kill it.
What if I want to make the possibility of the cat seeing the bird likely? Can I change the if clause tense to present?
Thanks
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English 1b3 Several people pass and look at the bird, but no one touches it. If a cat sees the bird, the cat will kill it. What if I want to make the possibility of the cat seeing the birl unlikely?
- English 1b3 Several people pass and look at the bird, but no one touches it.
- If a cat sees the bird, the cat will kill it.
- What if I want to make the possibility of the cat seeing the birl unlikely?
- Cna I change the if clause tense to past (subjunctive)?
- No.
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English 1b3Several people pass and look at the bird, but no one touches it. If a cat sees the bird, the cat will kill it.No. Not unless you also change will to would.
What if I want to make the possibility of the cat seeing the birl unlikely? Cna I change the if clause tense to past (subjunctive)?
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Thanks.
What is rare/wrong about the changes I proposed? Isn't it just changing the likelihood?
If a cat saw the bird, the cat would kill it. for paragraph in the present
If a cat sees the bird, the cat will kill it- for the paragraph in past tense
What is rare/wrong about the changes I proposed? Isn't it just changing the likelihood?
If a cat saw the bird, the cat would kill it. for paragraph in the present
If a cat sees the bird, the cat will kill it- for the paragraph in past tense
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