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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

The Usage of "If"

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Is the sentence below correct? If it is correct, what does it mean?
"If Anne Sullivan didn't help Helen Keller, she would not be able to write."
  

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Anonymous Is the sentence below correct? Yes, but as these are historical characters, it's a bit odd. If you were living at the time that they were living, and you knew them and the situation they were in, you would have said at that time: If Anne ...

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  • Anonymous Is the sentence below correct?
  • Yes, but as these are historical characters, it's a bit odd.
  • If you were living at the time that they were living, and you knew them and the situation they were in, you would have said at that time: If Anne ...
  • , she won't be able to write.
  • Now that we know that Anne did help Helen, we would normally say If Anne ...
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AnonymousIs the sentence below correct?
Yes, but as these are historical characters, it's a bit odd.

If you were living at the time that they were living, and you knew them and the situation they were in, you would have said at that time: If Anne ... doesn't help Helen ..., she won't be able to write.

Now that we know that Anne did he
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