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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Weren't or hadn't been
Would appreciate your helping me out with this sentence:
I would take it if it weren't broken.
I would take it if it hadn't been broken.
Which is the right variant? Thanks in advance!
I would take it if it weren't broken.
I would take it if it hadn't been broken.
Which is the right variant? Thanks in advance!
Top answer
Both are fine. The first states its current condition; the second reveals its former accident.
- Both are fine.
- The first states its current condition; the second reveals its former accident.
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Both are fine. The first states its current condition; the second reveals its former accident.
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I would have taken it if it hadn't been broken.
it's another alternative, with the "taking" placed in the past too, but after that accident.
it's another alternative, with the "taking" placed in the past too, but after that accident.
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