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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
why are these wrong?
0 Hi there, I hope you can explain/tell the rule as to why these are wrong please: 02 br
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00 If I will be rich, I would retire. 01 i 00 should be 02 i 02 br
00 If I were rich, I would retire. 02 br
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00 -the reasoning I came up with is can't use future tense (will be) here. Past tense can refer to future time. 02 br
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00 She described me the picture. 01 i 00 should be 02 i 02 br
00 She described the picture to me. 02 br
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00 -I want to say the direct object goes before the indirect object, but that is not complete... 02 br
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00 She met John and I in Montreal. 01 i 00 should be 02 i 02 br
00 She met John and me in Montreal. 02 br
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00 -an explination I found is if you take John out of the sentence, it would still read right (She met me in Montreal), but not if you take I out of the sentence. 0-
02 br
00 If I will be rich, I would retire. 01 i 00 should be 02 i 02 br
00 If I were rich, I would retire. 02 br
02 br
00 -the reasoning I came up with is can't use future tense (will be) here. Past tense can refer to future time. 02 br
02 br
00 She described me the picture. 01 i 00 should be 02 i 02 br
00 She described the picture to me. 02 br
02 br
00 -I want to say the direct object goes before the indirect object, but that is not complete... 02 br
02 br
00 She met John and I in Montreal. 01 i 00 should be 02 i 02 br
00 She met John and me in Montreal. 02 br
02 br
00 -an explination I found is if you take John out of the sentence, it would still read right (She met me in Montreal), but not if you take I out of the sentence. 0-
Top answer
0 1. If I were rich, I would retire. This is the use of the 'subjunctive' tense - to discuss a hypothetical situation.
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- If I were rich, I would retire.
- This is the use of the 'subjunctive' tense - to discuss a hypothetical situation.
- I am not rich.
- I would retire if I were rich.
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0 1. If I were rich, I would retire. This is the use of the 'subjunctive' tense - to discuss a hypothetical situation. I am not rich. I would retire if I were rich. Search this site for 'subjunctive' for lots of relevant threads. 02 br
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00 2. Tricky. There are other verbs where the first would be acceptable. 02 br
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00 3. Yes. That is a simple way to wor
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00 2. Tricky. There are other verbs where the first would be acceptable. 02 br
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00 3. Yes. That is a simple way to wor
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0 01 i 00 If I will be rich 02 i 00 - You can't have 01 i 00 will 02 i 00 or 01 i 00 would 02 i 00 in the 01 i 00 if 02 i 00 clause of a conditional structure. 02 br
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01 i 00 describe me the picture 02 i 00 - 01 i 00 describe 02 i 00 (and other verbs) do not allow this word o
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01 i 00 describe me the picture 02 i 00 - 01 i 00 describe 02 i 00 (and other verbs) do not allow this word o
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