relative clause in second conditional

[Yonsu99]

Hello, which one is the correct sentence?

If I had a Genie who could grant me three wishes, I would say one on the spot and keep the other two wishes for future.
If I had a Genie who can grant me three wishes, I would say one on the spot and keep the other two wishes for future.

 

[bhaisahab]

Neither one is correct. The first one would be OK with "the" before "future".

 

[emsr2d2]

I would not capitalise "genie". I would say "use one wish and save the other two for the future".

 

[MikeNewYork]

I would make two wishes, and then wish for three more wishes. :-D

 

[emsr2d2]

O​h Mike, everyone knows that the one thing you're not allowed to wish for is more wishes. Any genie will tell you that!

 

[Yonsu99]

Neither one is correct. The first one would be OK with "the" before "future".

Then I think past participle should be used in the relative clause of second conditional with 'determiner' before "future" as the following:


If I had a Genie who could grant me three wishes, I would say one on the spot and keep the other two wishes for the(my) future.

I would not capitalise "genie". I would say "use one wish and save the other two for the future".

I want to know why if 'keep' isn't fit for the sentence? Is it beccause 'keep' is not usually used in America for meaning of 'save'?

keep
: to have or hold (something) for later use instead of using it now
We'll eat some of the cookies now and keep [=save] some for later.
I'll keep my news until later. [=I'll tell you my news later]
(Brit) Would you keep [=(US) save] a seat for me?

I would make two wishes, and then wish for three more wishes. :-D

Hahaha I wonder what would Genie say then.

 

[emsr2d2]

I didn't say that "keep" wasn't fit/right for your sentence. I simply said that I would say "... save two wishes for the future". That's my choice of word. Both "keep something for later" and "save something for later" are correct.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Then I think past participle should be used in the relative clause ... as the following:
If I had a Genie who could grant me three wishes, I would say one on the spot and keep the other two wishes for the(my) future.

Where is the past participle?

 

[Yonsu99]

Where is the past participle?

Oh that's my mistake, I was meaning past form, could.

If I had a Genie who could grant me three wishes, I would say one on the spot and keep the other two wishes for the(my) future.

And it could be phrased with past participle like the following:
If I had a Genie who granted me three wishes, I would say one on the spot and keep the other two wishes for the(my) future.

 

[Matthew Wai]

And it could be phrased with past participle like the following:
If I had a Genie who granted me three wishes, I would say one on the spot and keep the other two wishes for the(my) future.

Sorry, I still cannot find the past participle.

 

[Yonsu99]

Sorry, I still cannot find the past participle.

As I indicated, 'granted' is the past participle in the relative clause, and it was formed by adding '-ed' to the base form of a regular verb 'grant'.

10 Types of Verbs: http://grammar.about.com/od/irregularverbs/a/Ten-Types-Of-Verbs.htm

past participle
Definition: The third principal part of a verb, created by adding -ed, -d, or -t to the base form of a regular verb. (The past participle forms of regular verbs--such as looked, worked, and wished--are identical to the past tense.)

 

[Matthew Wai]

To my knowledge, 'granted' in 'a Genie granted me three wishes' is the simple past, 'granted' in 'a Genie has granted me three wishes' is the past participle. In your sentence, it should be the former rather than the latter.

Not a teacher.

 

[MikeNewYork]

In that clause, "granted" is not the past participle of the verb "grant"; it is the simple past tense of the verb.

 

[Raymott]

And in case the point has been missed, this [the simple past being the same as the past participle] also occurs in all weak verbs: walk/walked/walked, call/called/called, and some strong verbs: sit/sat/sat, mean/meant/meant, seek/sought/sought, etc.