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JUNHEE LEE Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

What is the difference between two?

What is the difference between two?

If it had rained, you would have gotten wet.

If it rained, you would have gotten wet.

Is there different meaning?
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Top answer

If it had rained, you would have gotten wet. This is the natural way to talk about an event in the past. The event was outdoors.

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  • If it had rained, you would have gotten wet.
  • This is the natural way to talk about an event in the past.
  • The event was outdoors.
  • You did not bring an umbrella, rain coat, or some other protection from rain.
  • There was no shelter from rain.
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If it had rained, you would have gotten wet.

This is the natural way to talk about an event in the past. The event was outdoors. You did not bring an umbrella, rain coat, or some other protection from rain. There was no shelter from rain. But it did not rain, so you did not get wet. You were lucky!

If it rained, you would have gotten wet.

That is not as natural as the
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Thank you so much.

How about these.

1. If you can't wait, you can't eat.
2. If you couldn't wait, you can't eat.

To me 1. seems better.
Thank you again...
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I agree with you.
#1 is present tense.
#2 attempts at past tense, but fails. It should be:
If you couldn't wait, you couldn't eat.
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