keannu
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I think "If you were so madly in love with me," definitely means accepted truth like "If you were in love with me in the past" that belongs to factual conditional category, but I can't completely exclude the possbility of its being counterfactual present, I mean, she thinks he isn't in love with her, but the utterance would make no sense. What do you think?
mo1-40)There is a story told of a young man who saw a beautiful young woman walking through a park and followed her. After a while she turned around and asked the young man, “Why are you following me?” “Because,” he replied, “you are so beautiful that the instant I saw you I knew I was in love.” To this she replied,“But you have only to look behind you to see my younger sister. She is far more beautiful than I.” The young man quickly turned around but saw no one. “You are making fun of me and I can’t see her,” he said to the young woman. As soon as she heard his words, she replied, “No, I’m not. If you were so madly in love with me, why did you turn around?”
mo1-40)There is a story told of a young man who saw a beautiful young woman walking through a park and followed her. After a while she turned around and asked the young man, “Why are you following me?” “Because,” he replied, “you are so beautiful that the instant I saw you I knew I was in love.” To this she replied,“But you have only to look behind you to see my younger sister. She is far more beautiful than I.” The young man quickly turned around but saw no one. “You are making fun of me and I can’t see her,” he said to the young woman. As soon as she heard his words, she replied, “No, I’m not. If you were so madly in love with me, why did you turn around?”
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