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Mari-Lou A
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If we tell them the truth they would'swouldn't believe us

If we tell them the truth they wouldn't believe us

Is this construction correct in englishEnglish? I mean, for conditional sentences, the rule is If+past tense/would +infinitiveIf+past tense/would +infinitive, but here, can we also use the present in the "if" clause? 

The meaning, as I see, can be "we"We tell them the truth and they still don't want to believe us"

If we tell them the truth they would's believe us

Is this construction correct in english? I mean, for conditional sentences, the rule is If+past tense/would +infinitive, but here, can we also use present in the "if" clause? The meaning, as I see, can be "we tell them the truth and they still don't want to believe us"

If we tell them the truth they wouldn't believe us

If we tell them the truth they wouldn't believe us

Is this construction correct in English? I mean, for conditional sentences, the rule is If+past tense/would +infinitive, but here, can we also use the present in the "if" clause? 

The meaning, as I see, can be "We tell them the truth and they still don't want to believe us"

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If we tell them the truth they would's believe us

Is this construction correct in english? I mean, for conditional sentences, the rule is If+past tense/would +infinitive, but here, can we also use present in the "if" clause? The meaning, as I see, can be "we tell them the truth and they still don't want to believe us"