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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
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Type 2 Conditional

01. My cocker spaniel would weigh a ton if I fed her what she wants.02br
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002. 00My cocker spaniel would weigh a ton if I fed her what she wanted. =>Is this right?02br
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003. My cocker spaniel would weigh a ton if I let her eat what she wants. => Is this correct? Why?02br
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01a01b01font00The Type 2 conditional02font02b02a01font00, where the tense in the 01b00'if'02b00 clause is the 01b00simple past02b00, and the tense in the main clause is the 01b00present conditional02b00:02font02br
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01font00In these sentences, the time is 01b00now or any time02b00, and the situation is 01b00unreal02b00. They are 01b00not02b00 based on 01b00fact02b00, and they refer to an 01b00unlikely or hypothetical condition02b00 and its 01b00probable result01i00.02i02b02font02br
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0 Don't post with all this BLACK background. Can't read and it's ugly. 02br
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite11font10Don't 12font10 post with all this BLACK background. Can't read and it's ugly. 12br
10Generally, backgrounds don't help in clarity.11font10 Use12font10 different colors for the text itself. 12br
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0 1, 3: correct, IMO02br
00 In 3, the "let" is used in past tense for conditional, which is OK. 02br
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00 2: I don't think you need "wanted," because 01font00the doubt is about your 01b00feeding02b00 her02font00, not about what she wants. "Wanted" would seem overcorrect to me. 02br
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0<2: I don't think you need "wanted," because 01font00the doubt is about your 01b00feeding02b00 her02font00, not about what she wants. "Wanted" would seem overcorrect to me. >02br
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00Does this seem over correct?02br
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01i00If I did what she wanted,...02i0-
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0 My cocker spaniel 01b00would weigh02b00 a ton if I 01b00fed02b00 her what she wants/wanted.02br
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00 Everything necessary for the conditional structure is satisfied by 01i00would weigh02i00 and 01i00fed02i00. The tense in the extra clause can be either present or past, as shown
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10My cocker spaniel 11b10would weigh12b10 a ton if I 11b10fed12b10 her what she wants/wanted.12br
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10 Everything necessary for the conditional structure is satisfied by 11i10would weigh12i10 and 11i10fed12i
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0Thanks everyone for your replies.02br
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00So, the sentence below is correct with either 01i00is02i00 or 01i00was02i00, just like the previous example? Since Linda is still crazy and it is a fact, would you prefer 01i00is02i00?02br
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00 I would tell him Linda is/was crazy if he ask
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0 IMO:02br
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00 I 01b00would tell02b00 him, if 01b00he asked02b00, that Linda01b00 is 02b00crazy. 01font00Correct, if she's still crazy.02font02br
00 I 01b00would tell02b00 him that Linda01b00 is 02b00cr
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0If I rephrase the sentence using Third Conditional, can I still use present tense when refering to Linda? 02br
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00I 01b00would have told02b00 him that Linda01b00 is 02b00crazy, if 01b00he had asked02b00. (Let's assume Linda is still crazy at the moment of speaking)02br
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01cite10New2grammar12cite10If I rephrase the sentence using Third Conditional, can I still use present tense when refering to Linda? 12br
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10I 11b10would have told12b10 him that Linda11b10 11font10is12font10 12b10crazy, if 
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