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#2 (permalink) Sat Apr 24, 2010 13:17 pm meaning of statement after , ,if' |
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Example 1: "If you signed this letter, you made a mistake." That means: If you have already signed the letter, (the speaker thinks) it was a mistake for you to have done so.
Example 2: "If you signed this letter, you would make a mistake." That means: If you were going to sign this letter (now or later) (the speaker thinks) it would be a mistake for you to do so.
Example 3: "You did wrong if you stopped doing that." That means: If you have already stopped doing something (the speaker thinks) you should have continued doing it.
All the examples are correctly written, but they mean slightly different things. _________________ Cheers m' dears! |
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Beeesneees Language Coach

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#3 (permalink) Sat Apr 24, 2010 13:26 pm meaning of statement after , ,if' |
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Do Alan, Torsten, Kitosdad, Mr Micawber agree to Beeesnees? Thanks. |
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Saneta I'm a Communicator ;-)

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#4 (permalink) Sat Apr 24, 2010 13:35 pm meaning of statement after , ,if' |
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That should be "... agree with Beeesneees?" ;) _________________ Cheers m' dears! |
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Beeesneees Language Coach

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#5 (permalink) Sat Apr 24, 2010 22:08 pm meaning of statement after , ,if' |
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| Beeesneees is a native speaker English teacher. At any rate, if I received such a detailed and laboured explanation from anybody, I would thank the anybody first instead of inquiring for confirmers. |
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Haihao I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#6 (permalink) Sat Apr 24, 2010 23:53 pm meaning of statement after , ,if' |
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Thank you Haihao, you are very gracious, as always. However, I didn't mind Saneta seeking additional confirmation. After all, unless she's been following a lot of the threads, she had no way of knowing how accurate my information was likely to be. _________________ Cheers m' dears! |
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#7 (permalink) Sun Apr 25, 2010 0:00 am meaning of statement after , ,if' |
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| That's right BN, you are very generous, as always. |
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Haihao I'm a Communicator ;-)
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#8 (permalink) Mon Apr 26, 2010 13:30 pm meaning of statement after , ,if' |
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Dear Haihao, You are not very perceptive. I wrote ,,Thanks'' in my first message and it concerns thanking for the answers from anybody. Of course I'm grateful to BEEESNEEES. Yes, I request for the opinion from anybody or all from the team of english-test.net and I don't hide it. Regards, Saneta |
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