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Stenka25 Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
The tense of second conditional
the tense of second conditional
I met the following passage from a website addressed below.
The underlined part of the sentence resembles the tense of the second conditional in appearance, as in If there were no hungry people in this world, it would be a much better place.
But the problem is the sentence in question does not have any meaning of impossibility, or unlikelihood, which the second conditional has. Instead it seems to have the meaning of ‘zero conditional,’ with the past tense. Also, ‘would’ in the main clause seems to have the meaning of habitual happening, as in She would always take the nine o'clock bus.
Do you agree with me?
http://www.slideshare.net/edgararruda/an-introduction-to-music-studies
Although critics and concert managers played no small part in influencing the repertory that would be offered to audiences, far greater power rested with the conductors who were appointed to direct the municipal orchestras. Of course, conductors often acted as exclusive promoters of their own music. But if they were required to devise an entire season of programs, they would also have to engage with other repertory.
I met the following passage from a website addressed below.
The underlined part of the sentence resembles the tense of the second conditional in appearance, as in If there were no hungry people in this world, it would be a much better place.
But the problem is the sentence in question does not have any meaning of impossibility, or unlikelihood, which the second conditional has. Instead it seems to have the meaning of ‘zero conditional,’ with the past tense. Also, ‘would’ in the main clause seems to have the meaning of habitual happening, as in She would always take the nine o'clock bus.
Do you agree with me?
http://www.slideshare.net/edgararruda/an-introduction-to-music-studies
Although critics and concert managers played no small part in influencing the repertory that would be offered to audiences, far greater power rested with the conductors who were appointed to direct the municipal orchestras. Of course, conductors often acted as exclusive promoters of their own music. But if they were required to devise an entire season of programs, they would also have to engage with other repertory.
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" The 'would' here indicates a reality made conditional by partnership with the 'if'. d
- " The 'would' here indicates a reality made conditional by partnership with the 'if'.
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It means "whenever one of them was required to devise..."
The 'would' here indicates a reality made conditional by partnership with the 'if'.
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The 'would' here indicates a reality made conditional by partnership with the 'if'.
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Stenka25 If there were no hungry people in this world, it would be a much better place.But the problem is the sentence in question does not have any meaning of impossibility, or unlikelihood,But it does. There are, in fact, millions of hungry people in the world.
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Stenka25Do you agree with me?Yes.
Stenka25I met the following passageDid you shake hands with it?
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fivejedjon ( the sentence in question does not have any meaning of impossibility, or unlikelihood, ... )
But it does. There are, in fact, millions of hungry people in the world.
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Stenka25I met the following passage from a website addressed below.The underlined part of the sentence resembles the tense of the second conditional in appearance, as in If there were no hungry people in this world, it would be a much better place.But the problem is the sentence in question does not have any meaning of impossibility, or unlikelihood, which the second cond
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If you're referring to
"If there were no hungry people in this world, it would be a much better place."
then I would take the 'were' as a hypothetical, i.e. an anticipation of the unlikelihood/difficulty of 'no hungry people in this world' happening.
Regarding 'meet', it's quite common to meet situations and problems ("this is the sort of situation
"If there were no hungry people in this world, it would be a much better place."
then I would take the 'were' as a hypothetical, i.e. an anticipation of the unlikelihood/difficulty of 'no hungry people in this world' happening.
Regarding 'meet', it's quite common to meet situations and problems ("this is the sort of situation
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Thanks a lot as always, CJ.
I'll keep in mind what you suggest about "come across something".
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I'll keep in mind what you suggest about "come across something".
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