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 #2 (permalink) Fri Oct 10, 2008 16:43 pm A question on conditionals |
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| According to a book of English I have,it's correct. |
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| #3 (permalink) Fri Oct 10, 2008 17:04 pm A question on conditionals |
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| If I had updated the document, you would find it in the list. |
Yes, no problem. It's a mixed-conditional.
Same form as the ESL famous:
If I had won the lottery, I would be rich. |
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| #4 (permalink) Fri Oct 10, 2008 23:06 pm A question on conditionals |
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Hi Guys,
Thanks a lot for the replies. However, what does that sentence mean? Does it mean that he didn't find it(in present) because I have not updated the document in the past? If so, I think I can use this sentence only after his search has finished...am I right?
Would it be correct if I say(while his search is still going on)...
If I had updated the document, you will find it.
Please clarify me...
Rgds,
Nene. |
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Nene4english
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| #5 (permalink) Sat Oct 11, 2008 0:13 am A question on conditionals |
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| I didn't update the document in the past, but if I had updated it, you would now find it in the list. |
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Molly
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| #6 (permalink) Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:21 am A question on conditionals |
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| nene4english wrote: |
Is this a correct statement?
If I had updated the document, you would find it in the list.
Here I am talking with a colleague(present) while searching for a document in the list, which I was supposed to update(past). I want to tell him that if I updated the document(in the past), he can find it in the list now(present). |
Hi Nene
If you believe that you have already updated the document, and your colleague is currently looking for it in a list, you can say this, for example:
- If I updated the document, you will find it in the list.
Another way of looking at that sentence would be this:
- If my belief is true, you will find the updated document in the list.
(my belief = I updated the document)
Using "If I had updated the document" means that you know/believe that you did not update it.
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| #7 (permalink) Sat Oct 11, 2008 22:39 pm A question on conditionals |
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| Thanks a ton guys...thanks for all the clarifications |
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