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Bmojtaba Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Third conditional

'if Team Y earned 10 million revenues in 1998 then Team Y's revenues could have increased 10% from 1997 to 1998'

I was wondering the word earned wouldn't be had earned?

Is it a  simple form of third conditional?
  

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bmojtaba if Team Y earned 10 million revenues in 1998 then Team Y's revenues could have increased 10% from 1997 to 1998 Are you just stating a mathematical fact? If so, it's If Team Y earned $10 million in revenue in 1998, then its revenue increased by 10% from 1997 to 1998. If, in contrast, you are imagining an increase in revenue which did not actually happen, it's If Team Y had earned $10 million in revenue in 1998, then its revenue would have increased by 10% from 1997 to 1998.

— CalifJim

  • bmojtaba if Team Y earned 10 million revenues in 1998 then Team Y's revenues could have increased 10% from 1997 to 1998 Are you just stating a mathematical fact?
  • If so, it's If Team Y earned $10 million in revenue in 1998, then its revenue increased by 10% from 1997 to 1998.
  • If, in contrast, you are imagining an increase in revenue which did not actually happen, it's If Team Y had earned $10 million in revenue in 1998, then its revenue would have increased by 10% from 1997 to 1998.
  • This second one is a third conditional, not the first.
  • CJ
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bmojtabaif Team Y earned 10 million revenues in 1998 then Team Y's revenues could have increased 10% from 1997 to 1998
Are you just stating a mathematical fact? If so, it's

If Team Y earned $10 million in revenue in 1998, then its revenue increased by 10% from 1997 to 1998.

If, in contrast, you are imagining an increase in revenue whi
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