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 #2 (permalink) Mon Jun 25, 2007 0:05 am second conditional |
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| No. |
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 Diverhank
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| #3 (permalink) Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:09 am second conditional |
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| Oh, good then. |
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| #4 (permalink) Mon Jun 25, 2007 7:13 am second conditional |
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No what?
(S)He asked a question of the "something or something" type.
Did he actually have a sex with a man or it's just subjunctive past[/b]
Did you deny that he had had sex or that it is just the subjunctive past? ;) |
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| #5 (permalink) Mon Jun 25, 2007 15:46 pm Use second conditional |
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He said he didn't have sex otherwise he would have been a homosexual.
"Any sex I had would've involved a major lifestyle choice"
I think Past Perfect Subjunctive Any sex I had had should have been used here but it is clear that the Perfect conjugation with would've involved, indicates that the condition expressed in the clause "Any sex I had" is false. |
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| #6 (permalink) Tue Jun 26, 2007 14:33 pm Use second conditional |
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I thought so too, it shoud have been read "Any sex I had had ....".
That's why I confused a bit.
Is this kind of mistake or omission common among native English speaking people or just among uneducated people? |
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| #7 (permalink) Fri Jun 29, 2007 16:35 pm Use second conditional |
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"Is this kind of mistake or omission common among native English speaking people or just among uneducated people?"
Phoo..I'd call this an omission...the sentence you quoted would be how a majority , if not all, native speakers would have written it. The quote obviously has come off a novel or something like that, not from an uneducated source. |
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| #8 (permalink) Sat Jun 30, 2007 9:43 am Use second conditional |
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| Thanks, I've leraned! |
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| Is there any grammar mistake in 'Surely among the treasures of righteousness... | Does anybody has some tests like this? (elementary, pre-intermediate) |
