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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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third conditional

0<After an examination, two classmates talk to each other>02br
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00A: How was the test?02br
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00B: If I had not studied last night, I would have flunked this course. Hopefully, I won't have to retake it.02br
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00Does the third conditional here suggest, he studied last night, he didn't flunk/ he passed the course?02br
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02br 01b 00Yes,02b 00 but the time is confused if we accept the viewpoint in the second sentence ( 01i 00Hopefully, I won't have to retake it02i 00), which suggests that B doesn't know whether s/he flunked or passed. 0-

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  • 02br 01b 00Yes,02b 00 but the time is confused if we accept the viewpoint in the second sentence ( 01i 00Hopefully, I won't have to retake it02i 00), which suggests that B doesn't know whether s/he flunked or passed.
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01b00Yes,02b00 but the time is confused if we accept the viewpoint in the second sentence ( 01i00Hopefully, I won't have to retake it02i00), which suggests that B doesn't know whether s/he flunked or passed. 0-
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