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#16 (permalink) Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:47 am "be put through the wringer" and "go through the wringer"

Tofu wrote:

Thank you, Jamie.

When Susan Boyle showed up on Britain's Got Talent, she was singing elegantly in front of a large audience. How fantastic! If I were a participant on the show, Simon Cowell would have put me through the wringer.

Is have necessary?

Not necessarily. :-)
It depends on what tense you want to convey.
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#17 (permalink) Tue Jun 08, 2010 7:47 am "be put through the wringer" and "go through the wringer"

Hi Tofu, If you want to follow the traditional conditional format, it is: If I had been a participant in the show, he would have put me .... You need 'had been' and 'have' because this refers to what could have happened in the past. Alan _________________ English as a Second Language You can read my ESL story Present Simple

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