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| Which are 0-4? |
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| #3 (permalink) Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:58 am Post 0-4 conditionals |
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| You don't know? |
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| #4 (permalink) Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:01 am Post 0-4 conditionals |
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It looks like a highly improbable football result to me.
Which conditionals did you have in mind?
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| #5 (permalink) Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:17 am Post 0-4 conditionals |
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| MrPedantic wrote: |
It looks like a highly improbable football result to me.
Which conditionals did you have in mind?
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These:
Zero conditional
First conditional
Second conditional
Third conditional
Well, that's four, so I guess I should write 0-3, right?
Back to the main question:
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| Once one has got a good grasp on the English conditionals 0-3, which conditionals would be best to learn next? |
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| #6 (permalink) Wed Sep 10, 2008 21:54 pm Post 0-4 conditionals |
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It looks like a highly improbable football result to me.
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I nearly had to eat my hat.
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| #7 (permalink) Wed Sep 10, 2008 22:05 pm Post 0-4 conditionals |
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| Molly wrote: |
Back to the main question:
Once one has got a good grasp on the English conditionals 0-3, which conditionals would be best to learn next?
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I wouldn't myself use the 0/3 system; or rather, I would define the three "types" differently.
However, a reasonable next step would be if-clauses of concession.
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| #8 (permalink) Wed Sep 10, 2008 22:26 pm Post 0-4 conditionals |
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| I wouldn't myself use the 0/3 system; or rather, I would define the three "types" differently. |
That's fine, but many students and teachers do use those labels and I thought they would be readily understood by many posters here. It seems those labels had you lost.
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| However, a reasonable next step would be if-clauses of concession. |
Can you give us some examples and tell us why you think that would be the next reasonable step? |
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| #9 (permalink) Wed Sep 10, 2008 23:25 pm Post 0-4 conditionals |
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I'm familiar with "0 to 3", but not "0-4". It seemed you had a new system of describing them.
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| #10 (permalink) Wed Sep 10, 2008 23:36 pm Post 0-4 conditionals |
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| MrPedantic wrote: |
I'm familiar with "0 to 3", but not "0-4". It seemed you had a new system of describing them.
MrP |
Back then, right?
Here's another question you may have misssed:
Can you give us some examples and tell us why you think that would be the next reasonable step? |
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| #11 (permalink) Thu Sep 11, 2008 22:33 pm Post 0-4 conditionals |
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If I "missed" it, it was not entirely accidental.
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| #12 (permalink) Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:15 am Post 0-4 conditionals |
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| Sticky question, eh? I understand. |
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| #13 (permalink) Fri Sep 12, 2008 20:08 pm Post 0-4 conditionals |
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| MrPedantic wrote: |
If I "missed" it, it was not entirely accidental.
MrP |
Forgive me for wandering off the subject, but this reminds me of an old corny joke:
Boss: Why did you miss work yesterday?
Employee: I didn't miss it at all, I spent a nice day at home with my family ! |
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| #14 (permalink) Sat Sep 13, 2008 0:20 am Post 0-4 conditionals |
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| Molly wrote: |
| Sticky question, eh? I understand. |
I'll try again, perhaps with a little hint:
2. If it was sticky, I didn't notice.
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| #15 (permalink) Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:47 am Post 0-4 conditionals |
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| MrPedantic wrote: |
| Molly wrote: |
| Sticky question, eh? I understand. |
I'll try again, perhaps with a little hint:
2. If it was sticky, I didn't notice.
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Do you think your "subtlety approach" works for most students here? |
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