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Let me know which ones are correct...
So here are the sentences: -
1.
I could have been a dear friend of her if she didn't lie to me from the beginning.
or
I could have been a dear friend of her if she wouldn't lie to me from the beginning.
One question: Can I write "DEAR FRIEND TO HER" instead of "DEAR FRIEND OF HER"? Will they mean same or different?
2.
Every time my dad would turn the TV on, I used to hear how many Americans had been jobless & homeless during recession.
or
Every time my dad would turn the TV on, I would hear how many Americans had been jobless & homeless during recession?
or
Every time my dad turned the TV on, I heard how many Americans had been jobless & homeless during recession?
So which ones are correct?
In example 2. I have used 3 different sentences. Are they all correct? And do they all mean the same?
Thanks in advance
So here are the sentences: -
1.
I could have been a dear friend of her if she didn't lie to me from the beginning.
or
I could have been a dear friend of her if she wouldn't lie to me from the beginning.
One question: Can I write "DEAR FRIEND TO HER" instead of "DEAR FRIEND OF HER"? Will they mean same or different?
2.
Every time my dad would turn the TV on, I used to hear how many Americans had been jobless & homeless during recession.
or
Every time my dad would turn the TV on, I would hear how many Americans had been jobless & homeless during recession?
or
Every time my dad turned the TV on, I heard how many Americans had been jobless & homeless during recession?
So which ones are correct?
In example 2. I have used 3 different sentences. Are they all correct? And do they all mean the same?
Thanks in advance