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Hans51 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Usage of 'without' in Conditionals

Without your help. I could not finish the project.

1) Thanks to your help, I can finish the project. Thank you.

2) I need your help, so please help me with the project.

Which meaning is implied in the conditional sentence?

I think that the #3 is a better understanding because conditional sentences carry a opposite meaning.

What do you native English speakers think?

Thank you so much as usual in advance.
  

Top answer

I don't understand your question. None of the sentences are conditionals and there is no #3 sentence.

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I don't understand your question. None of the sentences are conditionals and there is no #3 sentence.
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Hans51Without your help [no period] I could not finish the project.
Related conditionals:

Without your help I can't finish the project. ~ If I don't have your help, I will not be able to finish the project.
Without your help I could not have finished the project. ~ If I had not had your help
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Opps! I wanted to mean the #1, not #3Emotion: embarrassed

Thank you both so much!
CalifJimIf I didn't have your
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Hans51So which one is the meaning of the conditional sentence close to?
1)

CJ
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I read your reply again and I realized something and I would like you to check it out if you are okay.

Without your help I can't finish the project. ~ If I don't have your help, I will not be able to finish the project.
=2) I need your help, so please help me with the project.

Without your help I could not finish the project. ~ If I didn't have your h
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Hans51What do you think?
If you have to match sentences 1) and 2) with the corresponding conditionals, then that is probably the better way to do it. However, in my opinion it's a little exaggerated to say that each implies the other. It's a weak implication, so it's better to say that the sentences have associated meanings.

CJ
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CalifJimPossibly: Without your help I could not finish the project. ~ If I didn't have your help, I would not be able to finish the project.
I understand that If I didn't have your help, I would not be able to finish the project refers to the present or future (or both) whereas Without your help I could not finish the project refers to the
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fivejedjonNo.
Thanks.
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Anonymous If I didn't have your help, I would not be able to finish the project refers to the present or future (or both)
Yes.

Without your help I could not finish the project. - Also refers to the present or future.

This one refers to the past:

Without your help I could not have fin
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