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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar
The if clause conditional
This question was in the Lebanese brevet official exams for students passing to highschool.
Rewrite the following sentence as indicated without changing the meaning:
factories poured their chemicals directly into streams and rivers, so water became poisonous:
1- If...
the question is: is this considered unreal conditional? would the answer be" If factories hadn't... water wouldn't have become.
or
If factories don't...., water wouldn't become.
please explain.
Rewrite the following sentence as indicated without changing the meaning:
factories poured their chemicals directly into streams and rivers, so water became poisonous:
1- If...
the question is: is this considered unreal conditional? would the answer be" If factories hadn't... water wouldn't have become.
or
If factories don't...., water wouldn't become.
please explain.
Top answer
the water wouldn't have become....
- the water wouldn't have become....
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Anonymousfactories poured their chemicals directly into streams and rivers, so water became poisonous:That is past, so you need a past equivalent:
If factories hadn't...the water wouldn't have become....
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But isn't this based on fact? we just assume it's unreal because the sentence was written in the past?
Also, in which case would it be right to write:
If factories didn't, water wouldn't ( also unreal )
If factories don't water wouldn't ( my original answer )
Thank you for your help.
Also, in which case would it be right to write:
If factories didn't, water wouldn't ( also unreal )
If factories don't water wouldn't ( my original answer )
Thank you for your help.
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BarvaBut isn't this based on fact?Yes.
Barvae just assume it's unreal because the sentence was written in the past?No, we don't.
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