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Andrei Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

The two sentences

0 (1) If Stalin lived today, he would regret what he did about 60 years ago. 02br
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00(2) If Putin lived 60 years ago, he would haven't done what Stalin did to embrace the Communism. 02br
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00I know my first sentence would pass the test. 02br
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00How about the second sentence? It may not be correct. 02br
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00You might change it to 'if Putin was the head of the Soviet Union 60 years ago' 02br
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00He didn't live at that time. Can't we say 'if he lived 60 years ago' ? 0-
  

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0 I think you first sentence is fine but I would use the 3rd conditional in sentence 2: 02br 02br 00I Putin had lived 60 years ago (this cannot be changed, it's in the past), he wouldn't have done what Stalin did to embrace Communism. 0-

— Miche

  • 0 I think you first sentence is fine but I would use the 3rd conditional in sentence 2: 02br 02br 00I Putin had lived 60 years ago (this cannot be changed, it's in the past), he wouldn't have done what Stalin did to embrace Communism.
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0 I think you first sentence is fine but I would use the 3rd conditional in sentence 2: 02br
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00I Putin had lived 60 years ago (this cannot be changed, it's in the past), he wouldn't have done what Stalin did to embrace Communism. 0-
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00My assumption is as follow. 02br
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00(1) If Stalin lived today, he would regret what he did about 60 years ago. 02br
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00This is 2nd conditional sentence. 02br
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00Type 2 conditional refers to the present or future, and the past tense in the if clause is not a true past but a subjunctive,
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0 I haven't got a solid answer on my second sentence as yet. 0-
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0 Probably I would rephrase your sentence like; 02br
00"If Putin had been born 60 years earlier, he would not have done what Stalin did." 02br
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00I think, even if Putin had lived 60 years ago, he could have done nothing political if he was a baby. 02br
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0 Hi Andrei, 02br
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00Miche is right, his version of the second sentence is correct (a hipotetical situation in the past), he only swallowed "if" at the begining of the sentence. 0-
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0 Hello Andrei 02br
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00I would look at it slightly differently: 02br
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00(1) If Stalin were alive today, he would regret what he did 60 years ago. 02br
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00['about' wouldn't be idiomatic here; this kind of sentence doesn't suit the vagueness of 'about 60 years ago'.] 02br
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00(2) If Putin had lived 60 y
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