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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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1font00This is Rotter again. I don't know why I can't log in to the forum. This has been a problem for me for a while.02font02br
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001.I would weigh 75-80 kilos if I start eating chocalates, candies, etc. [ At the moment I weigh 60-62 kilos.] 02br
00I have learnt from Marius to use the auxiliary verb 'would' in hypothetical sentences. 02br
00The first sentence indicates a hypothetical situation, in my book.02br
00Is it correct? Does it indicate hypothetical situation?02br
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0Yes, it's hypothetical, in AmE. Other versions: 02br 02br 01i 00I'd weigh 75-80 kilos if I start eating choc01b 00O02b 00lates, candies, etc02i 02br 01i 00Should I start eating choc01b 00O02b 00lates, candies, 02i 00I'd weigh 75-80 kilos. 0-

— Marius Hancu

  • 0Yes, it's hypothetical, in AmE.
  • Other versions: 02br 02br 01i 00I'd weigh 75-80 kilos if I start eating choc01b 00O02b 00lates, candies, etc02i 02br 01i 00Should I start eating choc01b 00O02b 00lates, candies, 02i 00I'd weigh 75-80 kilos.
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0Yes, it's hypothetical, in AmE. Other versions: 02br
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01i00I'd weigh 75-80 kilos if I start eating choc01b00O02b00lates, candies, etc02i02br
01i00Should I start eating choc01b00O02b00lates, candies, 02i00I'd weigh 75-80 kilos. 0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10 1.I would weigh 75-80 kilos if I start eating chocalates, candies, etc. [ At the moment I weigh 60-62 kilos.] 12blockquote
10I reckon "01i01u00I would weigh02u00 75-80 kilos 01u00if I started02u00 eating chocolates, candies, etc.02i
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0This is Rotter again. 02br
00 I thank both Marius and Tanit for the replies.02br
00Marius has corrected my typos too.02br
01b01font00Are you able to help me the problem of logging in to the forum? Though I log in it is Anonymous. Why is this?02font02b0-
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0You're right, Tanit. 0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite11b11font10Are you able to help me the problem of logging in to the forum? Though I log in it is Anonymous. Why is this?12font12b12br
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10Hi Rotter, 02br
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00Did you read 05000?02br
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1b01font00Thanks Tanit.02font02b02br
01b01font00I removed cookies and restarted the computer; it worked.02font02b02br
01b01font00I will try this procedure in the future when I get this problem. 02font02b0-
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00You should thank Cool Breeze, he got the answer! 05102br
00Glad it worked and welcome back. 010id511id1
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01cite10Anonymous12cite101.I would weigh 75-80 kilos if I start eating chocalates, candies, etc.10 12blockquote
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00I can't believe you are having problems with conditional sentences. Swedish and English are so closely related that the auxiliaries, infinitives and tenses are used in exact
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0 Tack Cool Breeze02br
00Jag tränar 3 gånger i vecka på SATS Sports Club. Jag håller på styrketräning.02br
00Tack vare träningen väger jag 60-62 kilos.02br
01font00[ I speak fluent Swedish. I never write Swedish. So my Swedish writing is not good. People say that I speak good Swedish. I don't have to write any Swedish at work. I work
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01cite10Rotter12cite11b11font10[ Om jag har pengar, ska jag köpa en ny bil.] 12font12b12br
11font11b10{ In Swedish, the verb comes first in the main clause. Swedish is like that.} 12b12font12br
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