NAL123
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- Mar 14, 2020
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- Student or Learner
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- Hindi
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- India
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- India
Friend: what does "bump into someone" mean?
Trying to explain to him what the phrase means, I say:
Using second conditional:
1) Me: If/suppose I met (or were to meet) your brother (Nick) somewhere unexpectedly, I would say, "I bumped into Nick." (both the meeting and the saying are in the imagined future)
Using third conditional:
2) Me: If/suppose I had met your brother (Nick) somewhere unexpectedly, I would have said, "I bumped into Nick." (both the meeting and the saying are in the imagined past)
Using mixed conditional:
3) Me: If/suppose I had met your brother (Nick) somewhere unexpectedly, I would say, "I bumped into Nick." (the meeting is in the imagined past but the saying is in the imagined present/future)
Q1) Can I say any one of them? Are they all equivalent?
Q2) Can I use a time adverbial like this: I would say/would have said, "I bumped into Nick an hour ago/yesterday/two days ago etc."
Trying to explain to him what the phrase means, I say:
Using second conditional:
1) Me: If/suppose I met (or were to meet) your brother (Nick) somewhere unexpectedly, I would say, "I bumped into Nick." (both the meeting and the saying are in the imagined future)
Using third conditional:
2) Me: If/suppose I had met your brother (Nick) somewhere unexpectedly, I would have said, "I bumped into Nick." (both the meeting and the saying are in the imagined past)
Using mixed conditional:
3) Me: If/suppose I had met your brother (Nick) somewhere unexpectedly, I would say, "I bumped into Nick." (the meeting is in the imagined past but the saying is in the imagined present/future)
Q1) Can I say any one of them? Are they all equivalent?
Q2) Can I use a time adverbial like this: I would say/would have said, "I bumped into Nick an hour ago/yesterday/two days ago etc."