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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
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this is the number for our Baltimore field office
0 00 I couldn't understand the use of 01 i 00 should 02 i 00 in the following text. To me, there is no need of 01 i 00 should 02 i 00 . 02 br
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00 If this door 01 b 00 should 02 b 00 fall down, or ha, ha, anything else, uh, this is the number for our Baltimore field office. Now they know that you're with me. You call them if anything 01 b 00 should 02 b 00 happen. 00 0-
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00 If this door 01 b 00 should 02 b 00 fall down, or ha, ha, anything else, uh, this is the number for our Baltimore field office. Now they know that you're with me. You call them if anything 01 b 00 should 02 b 00 happen. 00 0-
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0 It expresses an unlikely hypothetical situation (or at least a situation they want to give the impression that it is unlikely.) 0-
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1 i 00 if ... should ... 02 i 00 can be paraphrased 01 i 00 if, by chance, ... 02 i 02 br
01 i 00 If, by chance, this door falls down, or ... 02 i 02 br
01 i 00 You call them if, by chance, anything happens. 02 i 02 br
00 Alternately, 01 i 00 if it turns out that ... 02 i 02 br
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01 i 00 If, by chance, this door falls down, or ... 02 i 02 br
01 i 00 You call them if, by chance, anything happens. 02 i 02 br
00 Alternately, 01 i 00 if it turns out that ... 02 i 02 br
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00 Is the following sentence correct? 02 br
00 I will try to be back as early as possible. In case, if I should get late, then call the police. 02 br
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00 Question 2: 01 blockquote
00 Is the following sentence correct? 02 br
00 I will try to be back as early as possible. In case, if I should get late, then call the police. 02 br
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00 Question 2: 01 blockquote
01 cite 10 nona the brit 12 cite 10 It expresses an 11 b 10 unlikely hypothetical 12 b 10 situation (or at
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00 I will try to be back as early as possible. If I'm late, call the police. 02
01 cite 10 Jackson6612 12 cite 10 Question 1: 12 br10 Try this: 02 br
10 Is the following sentence correct? 12 br
10 I will try to be back as early as possible. In case, if I should get late, then call the police. 12 blockquote
00 I will try to be back as early as possible. If I'm late, call the police. 02
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0 Unlikely and hypothetical are not the same. In a hypothetical situation, it's just something that could happen and is not happening right now. Questions that starts with "What would you do if..." addresses a hypothetical situation. 0-
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