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Old Eladio Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Would plus past or present

0Please, tell me if these sentences are all correct. Pay attention to what I have put in brackets.02br
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01b00What 01i00would02i00 you do if you 01i01u00win02u02i00 a million dollars? (Normal sentence)02b02br
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01b00What 01i00would02i00 you do if you 01i01u00won02u02i00 a million dollars? (I don't understand this past tense here; what's the meaning of this sentence?)02b02br
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00Would not be more correct to write in past the following?:02br
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01b00What 01i00would02i00 you do if you 01u01i00had02i00 02u01i01u00won02u00 02i00a million dollars?02b02br
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00Thank you.02br
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0 01blockquote 01cite 10Old Eladio12cite 12br 10Please, tell me if these sentences are all correct. 12br 12br 11b 10What 11i 10would12i 10 you do if you 11i 11u 10win12u 12i 10 a million dollars? 12font 12b 12br 12br 11b 10What 11i 10would12i 10 you do if you 11i 11u 10won12u 12i 10 a million dollars?

— Milky

  • 0 01blockquote 01cite 10Old Eladio12cite 12br 10Please, tell me if these sentences are all correct.
  • 12br 12br 11b 10What 11i 10would12i 10 you do if you 11i 11u 10win12u 12i 10 a million dollars?
  • 12font 12b 12br 12br 11b 10What 11i 10would12i 10 you do if you 11i 11u 10won12u 12i 10 a million dollars?
  • )12b 12br 12br 11b 11font 10That's a correct sentence.
  • The past tense in English does not always refer to past time, or even time at all.
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01cite10Old Eladio12cite12br
10Please, tell me if these sentences are all correct. Pay attention to what I have put in brackets.12br
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11b10What 11i10would12i10 you do if you 11i11u10win12u12i10 a million dollars? (Normal sentence)12b
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0Milky, now I've got it! Thanks a lot. Could you please answer to the other post I have posted with a very similar subject?02br
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1b00What 01i00would02i00 you do if you 01i01u00win02u02i00 a million dollars? (Normal sentence) 01font00When we use “would” in this kind of construct, we are implying a hypothetical condition. Therefore the proper form should be “ had won” instead of “win”.00 00The key identifiers for condit
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01cite10Goodman12cite12br
11font11b10What 11i10would12i10 you do if you 11i11u10had12u12i11u10 11i10won12i12u11i10 12i10a million dollars?10 10This is the correct form.12
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01cite10Old Eladio12cite10Milky, now I've got it! Thanks a lot. Could you please answer to the other post I have posted with a very similar subject?12br
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10Yes, sure. What's the title?0-
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01cite10Goodman12cite12br
11b10What 11i10would12i10 you do if you 11i11u10won12u12i10 a million dollars?12b12br
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10My two cents:02br
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00Here, although a past simple verb (won) is
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0 rishonly,02br
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00 I think you meant to write:02br
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01i00What 01u00will02u00 you do if you win ...in the future?02i02br
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10rishonly,12br
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10I think you meant to write:12br
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11i10What 11u10will12u10 you do if you win ...in the future?12i12br
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10CJ12br
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10That's correct, CJ. T
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