emp0608
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- Japanese
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Hi folks,
When he met with Aung San Suu Kyi , President Obama said, "And if you would have predicted five years ago that Aung San Suu Kyi would now be here sitting as the newly elected representative of her country, many people would have been skeptical."
Grammatically it should have been "if you had predicted", but many native speakers of English, including Obama, don't seem to care about this too much. Why so? Any comments?
Thanks in advance.
emp0608
When he met with Aung San Suu Kyi , President Obama said, "And if you would have predicted five years ago that Aung San Suu Kyi would now be here sitting as the newly elected representative of her country, many people would have been skeptical."
Grammatically it should have been "if you had predicted", but many native speakers of English, including Obama, don't seem to care about this too much. Why so? Any comments?
Thanks in advance.
emp0608