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

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

Originally Posted by
fivejedjon
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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Re: If

Originally Posted by
edmondjanet
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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Re: If

Originally Posted by
fivejedjon
#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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Originally Posted by
RobertT
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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Originally Posted by
fivejedjon
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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Originally Posted by
RobertT
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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