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Picnic Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Whats wrong in this sentence

"she wouldn't buy it if she had known the price"
I know this is WRONG. can you please tell me what wrong
*if conditionals
  

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She wouldn't have bought it if she had known the price. CB

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She wouldn't have bought it if she had known the price.

CB
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Hey but i know i can write buy after would like i would buy this if you let me
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she wouldn't buy it if she knew the price.
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Present point of view:
She wouldn't buy it if she knew the price.
WOULD [base form] IF [past]

Past point of view:
She wouldn't have bought it if she had known the price.
WOULD HAVE [past participle] IF HAD [past participle]

CJ
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Anon,

"she wouldn't buy it if she had known the price"
This is a mixed-conditional sentnece which some may consider incorrect while some do use it that way. But notice the "if " clause was constructed in past perfect which is the clue. To make it a grammatical thri
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Can someone tell me why "Little boy caught ball." Is english form.
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AnonymousCan someone tell me why "Little boy caught ball." Is english form.
It's not grammatically correct because the article "the" is missing.
This is correct:

The little boy caught the ball.

But if the name of the person is "Little Boy", then don't use the article:

Little Boy caught the ball.

And if there is a small
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