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Kook j Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
The past tense verb in a conditional 2
Hi.
If we make a conditional 2 sentence, we use a verb in past tense.
If you said that to him, he'll get furious.
What is this act, backshifting a verb, grammatically called?
Thank you very much in advance.
If we make a conditional 2 sentence, we use a verb in past tense.
If you said that to him, he'll get furious.
What is this act, backshifting a verb, grammatically called?
Thank you very much in advance.
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If you said that to him, he'd get furious. I think it's its own verb form, which just looks like the past indicative.
- If you said that to him, he'd get furious.
- I think it's its own verb form, which just looks like the past indicative.
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If you said that to him, he'd get furious.
I think it's its own verb form, which just looks like the past indicative.
I think it's its own verb form, which just looks like the past indicative.
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Thank you very much Mr.M. I found that some call it a hypothetical backshift , it may not be common though.
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That sounds reasonable. I'll try to remember that, thank you.
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