[Grammar] are some communicate sentences of mine correct?

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I didn't use "would be" or "would have been". I used "wouldn't say" and "would say".

Can you please tell me what's kind of this conditional sentence?
 
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There's no conditional sentence.
 

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There's no conditional sentence.
He said: "If you were talking to a friend about someone else, you wouldn't say "I was a student for 15 years". You would say "He" or give the guy's name."
I don't know if this is a conditional sentence?
 

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He said: "If you were talking to a friend about someone else, you wouldn't say "I was a student for 15 years". You would say "He" or give the guy's name."
I don't know if this is a conditional sentence?

Yes, it is a conditional sentence. Looks like the second conditional, never mind the continuous aspect of the verb form in the if-clause.

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I am not ready yet.
I haven't been ready yet.

Please tell me which sentence is correct?
 

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Only the first is correct.

I am not ready.
I was not ready.
I will not be ready.

I can't think of any other tense which works with "to be ready".
 

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Only the first is correct.

I am not ready.
I was not ready.
I will not be ready.

I can't think of any other tense which works with "to be ready".

Thank you so much.
Another situation, a guy tell me that I am wrong, but I don't think that.
I make a plan to prove that I am right.
can I say to him: "I am gonna make you realize that you are (or were?) wrong, not me, and wait for that, I nearly succeed"
 

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Thank you so much.
Another situation, a guy tell me that I am wrong, but I don't think that.
I make a plan to prove that I am right.
can I say to him: "I am gonna make you realize that you are (or were?) wrong, not me, and wait for that, I nearly succeed"

It's fine up to the word "me" then it all goes wrong. If you have only made the plan and you haven't started making him/her realise that s/he's wrong, then you can't say "I nearly succeed" (which is grammatically wrong anyway - I assume you meant "I nearly succeeded" or "I have nearly succeeded".)
 

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It's fine up to the word "me" then it all goes wrong. If you have only made the plan and you haven't started making him/her realise that s/he's wrong, then you can't say "I nearly succeed" (which is grammatically wrong anyway - I assume you meant "I nearly succeeded" or "I have nearly succeeded".)

I mean I have not succeeded yet at the moment.
 

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Then you need "I will succeed".
 
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