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PreciousJones Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Trouble

If he knows I was helping you, we're in trouble. And

If he knew I was helping you, we're in trouble. And

If he knows I've been helping you, we're in trouble.

Do all three mean the same thing and are grammatically correct?
  

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If he knows I was helping you, we're in trouble. Not bad. If he knew I was helping you, we're in trouble.

  • If he knows I was helping you, we're in trouble.
  • Not bad.
  • If he knew I was helping you, we're in trouble.
  • The least good of the three.
  • If he knows I've been helping you, we're in trouble.
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If he knows I was helping you, we're in trouble. Not bad.

If he knew I was helping you, we're in trouble. The least good of the three.

If he knows I've been helping you, we're in trouble. The best of the three.

In my opinion the
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Hi,

If he knows I was helping you, we are in trouble - O.K.

If he knew I was helping you, we would be in trouble - not we are in trouble.

If he knows I've been helping you, we are in truble - O.K.

Because your help is related to the present, you'd better go with the third sentence. If your help has no

connection with the present, then you should go with

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