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Old 20-Aug-2006, 13:21
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Default Re: STUCK AGAIN your opinion please guys need to solve this

Endlessly repeating the same example with minimal change doesn't strike me as either very interesting or really practising the target language, and Maria's mistake shows that at least one of the learners hasn't got the point of the structure.
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Old 20-Aug-2006, 21:04
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Default Re: STUCK AGAIN your opinion please guys need to solve this

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You can say this ( you can use present simple or perfect in this type of conditional )

But it means something slightly different ----


If I`ve won the lottery ( the lottery has been completed but I don`t know the result)

I will buy a new house ( this is my intention )

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If I win the lottery ( the lottery has not been completed yet )

I will buy a new house (this is my intention)
If I win the lottery I will buy a new house.
If I had won the lottery I would have bought a new hopuse.
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