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Wed Oct 20, 2004 21:16 pm Conditions |
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Hi,
This is the so-called first conditional, which is future and present tenses as in:
If I win the lottery (present), I shall/will buy a new house (future).
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Sat Feb 24, 2007 15:50 pm How to use Conditional I? |
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Could that sentence looks like this: Would you have come to dinner with us if we had found a babysitter for you?
I know the test doesn't allow change 'will' to 'would have come' and it's not I Conditional, but besides it would be correct, wouldn't it? _________________ If you believe, nothing is impossible.. |
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Sat Feb 24, 2007 16:15 pm How to use Conditional I? |
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Hi Violino
In the first example the sentence is talking about the future, the second example sentence you give is talking about the past, so to clarify:
Will you come to dinner with us (next Saturday) if we find you a baby sitter?
Would you have come to dinner with us ( last Saturday) if we had found a babysitter for you?
So the time frame, what you are refering to is different in the two examples. _________________ Please meet Stewart Tunncilff |
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