Silverobama
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- Aug 8, 2010
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- Chinese
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- China
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Hi.
A BrE speakers wrote 1) "You could be hurt if you stumbled" and then an AmE speaker wrote 2) "You could be hurt if you stumble".
My grammar is not good but here are my thoughts. "stumbled" in the first sentence is past tense, and in 2) is present tense. But in sentence one "could be" is past tense and in 2) "could be" is conditional. So I think both sentences are correct. Please enlighten.
A BrE speakers wrote 1) "You could be hurt if you stumbled" and then an AmE speaker wrote 2) "You could be hurt if you stumble".
My grammar is not good but here are my thoughts. "stumbled" in the first sentence is past tense, and in 2) is present tense. But in sentence one "could be" is past tense and in 2) "could be" is conditional. So I think both sentences are correct. Please enlighten.