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#2 (permalink) Sat Jan 31, 2009 2:36 am Is this sentence correct? |
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. I think the verb form is good, but the ending needs a bit of a change:
If we were to do it, we would have to do a first class job. . _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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Mister Micawber Language Coach
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#3 (permalink) Wed Feb 04, 2009 14:55 pm Is this sentence correct? |
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| Mister Micawber wrote: |
. I think the verb form is good, but the ending needs a bit of a change:
If we were to do it, we would have to do a first class job. . |
Hi Micawber,
Thanks a lot for the reply and apologies for the late response from my end.
Thanks for confirming that the verb form is correct. However, can we use this verb form in such scenarios. All that I know about the usage of this verb form is in unreal conditions so I was thinking that this sentence can be used when we think/know that the job is not going to come at all. Please correct me if I am wrong.
But in my scenario, the job may come in future, there are still possibilities. Can we still use this verb form or simply use future tense like:
If we have to do this job, we will have to do a first class job.
Rgds, Nene. |
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Nene4english I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:51 am Sentence: We are discussing about the importance of doing a job in pipeline |
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. It is fine here. It is not unreal, but hypothetical (= maybe or maybe not). Unreal conditions apply to the past (Conditional III): If we had done it, we would have done a first class job. . _________________ Native English teacher at Mister Micawber's |
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#5 (permalink) Thu Feb 05, 2009 13:53 pm Sentence: We are discussing about the importance of doing a job in pipeline |
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| Thanks a lot for the clarification. |
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Nene4english I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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