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    If I came.
    If I have come.
    Which one is correct

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    Default Re: If

    I'm not a professor; but


    If I came refers to the future tense; as in, If I came to your house.



    If I have come refers to the present tense; but the phrase itself is clunky. 'If I have come to your house to *something*' it could be correct.


    Excuse me if my explanation wasn't succinct enough.

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    Quote Originally Posted by edmondjanet View Post
    If I came.
    If I have come.
    Which one is correct
    PLEASE give more context with your questions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fivejedjon View Post
    PLEASE give more context with your questions.
    If I have come to your home you were not there.
    If I came to your home you were not there.
    Which one is correct?

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    Quote Originally Posted by edmondjanet View Post
    1. If I have come to your home you were not there.
    2. If I came to your home you were not there.?
    #1 is highly unlikely.
    #2 is possible if we understand if to have a similar meaning to whenever.

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    Default Re: If

    Quote Originally Posted by fivejedjon View Post
    #2 is possible if we understand if to have a similar meaning to whenever.
    In this case, wouldn't it be better to say, "If I came to your house, you would not be there." ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RobertT View Post
    In this case, wouldn't it be better to say, "If I came to your house, you would not be there." ?
    That's less likely than my version, I think, but possible.

    Your version could also be interpreted as a second condition a hypothetical situation.

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    Default Re: If

    Quote Originally Posted by fivejedjon View Post
    That's less likely than my version, I think, but possible.

    Your version could also be interpreted as a second condition a hypothetical situation.
    Yes it could, but I was implying a habit in the past.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RobertT View Post
    I was implying a habit in the past.
    It was to that I dea that I responded: That's less likely than my version, I think, but possible.
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