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06-Oct-2006, 12:11
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| | Conditional For a bonus, can you explain why? | 
06-Oct-2006, 16:53
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| | Re: Conditional It's the rule:
I f the verb of the main clause is in the past simple, the verb of the IF-clause is in the conditional
If the verb of the main clause is in the present simple, the verb of the If-clause is in the future
If the verb of the main clause is in the past perfect, the If-clause is in the perfect conditional | 
07-Oct-2006, 07:27
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| | Re: Conditional How about this:
If he would only eat better, he wouldn't have so many health problems.  or  | 
10-Oct-2006, 14:39
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| | Re: Conditional This is ZERO' conditional, just like:
If you press the blue button, the machine goes faster. The same tense in the main and the If-clauses. | 
11-Oct-2006, 02:30
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| | Re: Conditional Quote:
Originally Posted by Tdol How about this:
If he would only eat better, he wouldn't have so many health problems.  or  |  | 
11-Oct-2006, 06:38
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| | Re: Conditional Quote:
Originally Posted by riverkid | But it doesn't work for me with the poll sentence.  | 
11-Oct-2006, 06:39
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| | Re: Conditional Quote:
Originally Posted by Raguilli This is ZERO' conditional, just like:
If you press the blue button, the machine goes faster. The same tense in the main and the If-clauses. | I would not say that it is the same as a zero conditional.  | 
11-Oct-2006, 07:48
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| | Re: Conditional You would is ok but I would isn't after if. | 
11-Oct-2006, 23:28
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| | Re: Conditional Hint: In Tdol's sentence, there are two very different uses of the word "would". | 
12-Oct-2006, 03:12
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| | Re: Conditional Quote:
Originally Posted by Tdol But it doesn't work for me with the poll sentence.  | No, you're right, Tdol, it doesn't work for the poll sentence. But IMO, that isn't a grammatical issue; it's a semantic issue. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes | Linear Mode |
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