hela
Senior Member
- Joined
- Apr 12, 2004
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- Student or Learner
- Native Language
- Arabic
- Home Country
- Tunisia
- Current Location
- Tunisia
Dear teachers,
I found this sentence in a text and I don't understand why there is a mixed conditional in it. Would you please help me out?
After the demonstration, the family, however, did not buy his product. Instead, they politely but firmly told him that they would give him a call if they want to buy a vacuum cleaner later.
Why not:
a) will give him a call if they want
OR
b) would give him a call if they wanted
Thanks
Hela
I found this sentence in a text and I don't understand why there is a mixed conditional in it. Would you please help me out?
After the demonstration, the family, however, did not buy his product. Instead, they politely but firmly told him that they would give him a call if they want to buy a vacuum cleaner later.
Why not:
a) will give him a call if they want
OR
b) would give him a call if they wanted
Thanks
Hela