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Old 30-Mar-2005, 09:34
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Default Re: Conditional

Hello Tdol,

would you please explain to me, what is wrong of my explanations to no.3?

Conditional II = If + Simple Past, would + infinitive
If the Queen died, she would succeed by her son Charles.


Conditional II = If + Simple Past, would + infinitive
If I were rich, I would lay in the sun on a tropical island


Conditional III = If + Past Perfect, would + have + Past Participle
If I had not married, I would still have lived abroad.



By the way: I'm really sure that "Had not got married" doesn't work. I think that "got" is never used before a verb. Am I wrong?


Would you please also explain to me No. 1?

I think that "if + were + infinitve" sounds very odd and I have never heard it before. What's wrong when I say "if + simple past"? I haven't known that "if + were + infinitive" is also used. Please explain to me, when it is used.

Hela, I'm very sorry that I gave you wrong information. I hope that I understand it better after Tdol gave me some explanations.

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Dany
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