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Masanori Takaoka Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
were vs is
He probably wouldn't act like that if he [ were / is ] in Japan.
Would anyone tell me which is more appropriate, "were" or "is"?
Would anyone tell me which is more appropriate, "were" or "is"?
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Masanori Takaoka "were" or "is" "were" It's because of the "if" and because of the "would" in the main clause. would ... if ...
- Masanori Takaoka "were" or "is" "were" It's because of the "if" and because of the "would" in the main clause.
- would ...
- if ...
- were ...
- is the grammatical pattern.
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Masanori Takaoka"were" or "is""were"
It's because of the "if" and because of the "would" in the main clause.
... would ... if ... were .... is the grammatical pattern. (Or If ... were ..., ... would ....)
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