The text you quoted has a comma splice. Can you please tell us the source?
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#1 27-May-2017, 13:22Tenses
"Look at the mirror, if you went on eating so much, I'm sure you would get fat easily. "
The above sentence is quoted from a grammar workbook.
I don't understand why do they use (went) and (would) since it has not happened yet ?
Can anyone help, please?
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#2 27-May-2017, 14:40Re: Tenses
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#3 27-May-2017, 14:42Re: Tenses
What aspect of grammar is this sentence illustrating?
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#4 27-May-2017, 15:25Re: Tenses
What is comma splice, please ?
Originally Posted by teechar
It's from a ordinary workbook from an infamous publication I bought from a book store.
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#5 27-May-2017, 15:54Re: Tenses
A comma splice is when you (incorrectly) use a comma to join two independent clauses. You can get more information by Googling it or by looking in a good grammar book. Originally Posted by Ju
You need to give us the title of the book and the author. We are not being nosy - you must give people credit for their writing if you quote it.Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
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#6 27-May-2017, 16:11Re: Tenses
Note also that "infamous" does not mean not famous.
