keannu
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Sometimes, I find some conditional 2's setences make it hard to recognize its tense
such as
"If there were a 3-meter tall person, he would hit the Guinness Book of Records"
Does this mean the improbablity of there being such a person in the present or in the general time?
I found the following content of some grammar material, and general time seems to mean beyond (past+present+future), so does conditional 2 include general time,
counter-factual present, and improbable future? Whatever the term is for conditional2 or hypothetical conditional, I'd like to know if general time applies to this conditional. Or don't I have to care about this?
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Past tense for 'general' time
15. If you were as poor as I am, you’d feel differently.
16. I wish I had a memory like yours.
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such as
"If there were a 3-meter tall person, he would hit the Guinness Book of Records"
Does this mean the improbablity of there being such a person in the present or in the general time?
I found the following content of some grammar material, and general time seems to mean beyond (past+present+future), so does conditional 2 include general time,
counter-factual present, and improbable future? Whatever the term is for conditional2 or hypothetical conditional, I'd like to know if general time applies to this conditional. Or don't I have to care about this?
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Past tense for 'general' time
15. If you were as poor as I am, you’d feel differently.
16. I wish I had a memory like yours.
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