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Hi,
There are regular patterns of the conditional sentence. Technically yours should read:
1. If I knew you were coming to my home I would prepare some nice dishes for lunch.
2. It would have been better if we had had all the setups ready for our work.
I have written some notes on the different forms, which you might find useful:
http://www.english-test.net/lessons/13/index.html
Alan
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| #3 (permalink) Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:56 am Would have been |
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Hello Alan,
Does your first sentence really sound okay to you? |
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| #4 (permalink) Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:09 am Would have been |
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Hi,
Yes. What do you think is wrong?
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| #5 (permalink) Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:56 am Would have been |
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| Argh, nothing. Sorry. |
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| #6 (permalink) Sat Sep 12, 2009 16:35 pm Would have been |
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"If I had known you were coming to my home, I would have prepared some nice dishes for lunch."
Maybe you were looking for an alternative Ski?
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| #7 (permalink) Sat Sep 12, 2009 19:30 pm Would have been |
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| Yes. |
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| #8 (permalink) Sat Sep 12, 2009 20:44 pm Would have been |
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Hi everybody!
| Alan wrote: |
1. If I knew you were coming to my home I would prepare some nice dishes for lunch.
2. It would have been better if we had had all the setups ready for our work. |
| SkiIucK wrote: |
Hello Alan,
Does your first sentence really sound okay to you? |
Thanks kitosdad.
| Kitosdad wrote: |
"If I had known you were coming to my home, I would have prepared some nice dishes for lunch."
Maybe you were looking for an alternative Ski? |
Yes , I was looking for that..Thanks.
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| #9 (permalink) Sun Sep 13, 2009 14:44 pm Would have been |
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| hi, im really find english very confusing to me specially using it during my interview.I didn't finished my college coz i need to work tis the reason why i get tangled and loose my confident.well i had attended english proficiency a short course that last for 30days just recently.however i did like it so im now forcing myself to exel and get a job in call center but i always felt intimidated and it ends me in faillure.wat do recommend to over come tis fear and how do i get myself well prepared to an interview.thank you i need yur reply! |
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| #10 (permalink) Sat Sep 19, 2009 9:21 am Would have been |
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| Alan wrote: |
Hi,
There are regular patterns of the conditional sentence. Technically yours should read:
1. If I knew you were coming to my home I would prepare some nice dishes for lunch.
2. It would have been better if we had had all the setups ready for our work.
I have written some notes on the different forms, which you might find useful:
http://www.english-test.net/lessons/13/index.html
Alan |
Thanks for your replies.
Can I say second one as:- "It would be better if we have all the setups ready for our work." I want to say it in present. Work is yet to start but we need to setup the environments first then the actual work will start. Actually I am a software testing professional and here with environment means software product configuration in test environment. I meant to say test case execution can not start right now as the product setups are not ready.
I am not able comfortable with two "had" you are using. Can you explain this usage to me? To show my understading say I visited Boston last year. Today I can say- " I have had a good time in Boston." But here I need some help to comprehend this sentence. |
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| #11 (permalink) Sat Sep 19, 2009 15:33 pm Would have been |
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please correct the following sentences:
If I knew that you are comming to my house I would have mde something special for you.
I had been in your position I would not have forgiven him.
I will have reached home by evening.
what will be the answer of the question :Have you ever been to the U.S.will the answer be yes I had been to the U.S.
what is the meaning of I mean it. |
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| #12 (permalink) Sun Sep 20, 2009 0:38 am Would have been |
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| Nilanjan De wrote: |
| If I knew that you are comming to my house I would have mde something special for you. |
Conditional sentences type 2:
If I knew (past) that you are coming to my house, I would make something special for you.
| Nilanjan De wrote: |
| I had been in your position I would not have forgiven him. |
Conditional sentences type 3:
IF I had been in your position, I would not have forgiven him.
Example: If I HAD LIVED in Japan as a child, (I WOULD HAVE LEARNED Japanese(past), I WOULD SPEAK Chinese perfectly now, I WOULD DO business there in the future.)
| Nilanjan De wrote: |
| I will have reached home by evening. |
Future perfect +by+ future tense adverb
I will have finished this book by next weak.
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| What will be the answer of the question :Have you ever been to the U.S. will the answer be yes I had been to the U.S. |
Have you ever been in the U.S? -yes
How long have you been in America? -I have been there 3 months.(present perfect=subject + have/has + p.p)
I had been there before (past tense) I went to Germany.
| Nilanjan De wrote: |
| What is the meaning of I mean it. |
To be serious about what you are saying or writing, like: I meant what I said earlier.
But I haven’t heard (I mean it) does anyone know?
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