[Grammar] If you (present verb), you would ...

[kadioguy]

jutfrank:

If you use the article a, you would be using Wade Watts as a countable noun.

https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/...o-Wade-Watts?p=1592607&viewfull=1#post1592607

Charlie Bernstein:

If you think the subject is hero, then the and an would both make sense.

https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/...o-Wade-Watts?p=1592609&viewfull=1#post1592609

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a. If you use the article a, you would be using ...

b.If you use the article a, you will be using ...

c. If you used the article a, you would be using ...

What different effects exist between these three? I am asking this question because (a), the mixed construction, is more confusing. :-?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

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a. If you use the article a, you would be using ...

b.If you use the article a, you will be using ...

c. If you used the article a, you would be using ...

What different effects exist between these three? I am asking this question because (a), the mixed construction, is more confusing. :-?

They're all natural, and for practical purposes they mean the same thing.

I like B and C more than A. To me, A is a little mixed up, B means that you might say "a," and C is explaining why you shouldn't.

But I'm not a grammarian, so don't trust me. Let's let one of them tackle it.

 

[kadioguy]

Thank you, Charlie Bernstein.

I like B and C more than A.

Interestingly, you also used a mixed construction in your sentence. :roll:

Charlie Bernstein:

If you think the subject is hero, then the and an would both make sense.

 

[jutfrank]

a. If you use the article a, you would be using ...

b.If you use the article a, you will be using ...

c. If you used the article a, you would be using ...

Forget about a. I had no good reason to mix it like that.

 

[kadioguy]

Hi, Charlie Bernstein.

If you don't mind, could you please also tell me about your mixed construction in this sentence?

Charlie Bernstein:

If you think the subject is hero, then the and an would both make sense.

 

[kadioguy]

Forget about a. I had no good reason to mix it like that.

Hi, Charlie Bernstein.

If you don't mind, could you please also tell me about your mixed construction in this sentence?

I assume that this kind of mixed construction is very natural for native speakers to use, although they may have another idea when seeing it for the second time, as in post #4.

What do you think?

 

[kadioguy]

I assume that this kind of mixed construction is very natural for native speakers to use, although they may have another idea when seeing it for the second time, as in post #4.

What do you think?

Hi, members.

Can we say that this kind of mixed construction is a little mixed up, but it's very natural for native speakers to use, and its meaning is between real and unreal?

What do you think about my opinion?

 

[kadioguy]

Hi, members.

Can we say that this kind of mixed construction is a little mixed up, but it's very natural for native speakers to use, and its meaning is between real and unreal?

I asked this question because this use is confusing to learners. I tried to give my explanation for it. Could someone give your opinion?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Hi, Charlie Bernstein.

If you don't mind, could you please also tell me about your mixed construction in this sentence?

My mistake!

 

[kadioguy]

My mistake!

I think that this kind of mixed construction is a little mixed up, but it's natural for native speakers to use, and its meaning is between real and unreal.

That's my opinion. What do you think? :-?

 

[kadioguy]

jutfrank:

First of all, I don't usually think in terms of first or second conditional types, because those are types of form, not meaning.

But yes, it does seem on the surface as though the speaker is stuck somewhere between real and unreal. I think this is because I would appreciate it if ... is something of a standard expression to make a request. The latter part, with the present tense, shows he/she was thinking of it as a real possibility.

In terms of form, you could think of it as 'mixed'.
https://www.usingenglish.com/forum/...ere-reported?p=1588849&viewfull=1#post1588849
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To some extent can I apply the reply to my question here? and then:

I think that this kind of mixed construction is a little mixed up, but it's natural for native speakers to use, and its meaning is between real (the former part) and unreal (the latter part).

What do you think?

 

[jutfrank]

Yes, I think speakers can sometimes get stuck between real and unreal.

And sometimes they start off by trying to utter a real sentence, but something happens along the way and the sentence ends up unreal. Or vice versa.