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Olive bee Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Unreal condition

Is Continuous tense acceptable in the sentence :'If the weather were fine, I would be walking all day long". (or '......I would walk...." is better?

  

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Yes, the continuous tense is OK. "were" feels formal. Conversationally, many people would say "was".

— GPY

  • Yes, the continuous tense is OK.
  • "were" feels formal.
  • Conversationally, many people would say "was".
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Yes, the continuous tense is OK. "were" feels formal. Conversationally, many people would say "was".

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olive bee(If ...,) I would walk all day long

I hear this as I would walk all day long today.

olive bee(If ...,) would be walking all day long

I hear this as I would walk all day long every day that the weather was fine.

There is no guarantee that GPY or anyone else perceives the same differ

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