Timeline for Different conditional clauses — "if you saw", "if you were to see", "if you had seen"
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| Oct 26, 2012 at 23:03 | comment | added | JSBձոգչ | <@Tiny, that would definitely not be a "silly question". It's a subtle matter, and one that even native speakers may not always be sure about. | |
| Oct 26, 2012 at 20:58 | comment | added | Tiny | @tchrist - but I'm afraid. It may be considered to be a silly question on this site. | |
| Oct 26, 2012 at 20:52 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | @Tiny I think you had best make that a new question. | |
| Oct 26, 2012 at 20:50 | comment | added | Tiny | When "will" is used with the "if" clause? - (1) If you will/would kindly lend me your book, I will be thankful to you. (2) If you will not/would not mind lending me your book, I will be thankful to you. (3) If you will/would wait a while, I will check it for you. Are these sentences correct? Could you please tell me? | |
| Aug 11, 2012 at 1:58 | comment | added | Ben Hocking | @Tiny: As a native English speaker myself, if you replace a lion with the lion the question has changed from one where you're just referring to a generic lion that might or might not exist to a specific lion—perhaps one you yourself had seen and you were wondering what your listener would have done in that situation. The original sentence (with a lion) can stand alone. Change it to the lion and you should've already mentioned the specific lion in a prior sentence. | |
| Aug 11, 2012 at 0:34 | comment | added | Tiny |
In this sentence "If you had seen a lion in a thick forest, what would have you done?", the indefinite article a is likely to be replaced with the definite article the. Am I right? You're a native English speaker living in United States as your profile indicates and can easily see what is incorrect. There are no articles at all in my native language therefore, it's quite difficult to see which article is applied where.
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| Aug 10, 2012 at 20:38 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | I don't quite see it that way; see my answer. | |
| Aug 10, 2012 at 20:03 | vote | accept | Tiny | ||
| Aug 10, 2012 at 19:46 | history | answered | JSBձոգչ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |