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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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what conditional?

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00Please tell me what conditional these are. These are sentences I picked up from the NY Times search. Can we attach modals like 'can'?02br
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00If you can get a corrupt inspector, you have keys to ...02br
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00If you can't make art, buy it from someone you can.02br
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00If you can make it here, you can make it ...02br
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00If you can hang in, there is a realism to this traveling. -- why 'a' there? I thought all words end in "-ism' are uncountable0-
  

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01blockquote 01cite 10Anonymous12cite 10there is a realism to this traveling. -- why 'a' there? 12blockquote 10 It is a little peculiar.

— CalifJim

  • 01blockquote 01cite 10Anonymous12cite 10there is a realism to this traveling.
  • -- why 'a' there?
  • 12blockquote 10 It is a little peculiar.
  • 02br 00There is a kind of realism to this traveling.
  • There is a way you can look at this traveling and say that it has something realistic about it.
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0They are all zero conditionals.02br
01i00can02i00 counts as a present tense.01blockquote
01cite10Anonymous12cite10there is a realism to this traveling. -- why 'a' there? 12blockquote
10 It is a little peculiar. a with uncountables usually indicates "a kind of".02br
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