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"If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be..." What does this mean?
I'm translating a book, which involves logic and quoted the sentence from Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass:
"If it was so, it might be; and if it were so, it would be; but as it isn't, it ain'...
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Usage of 'would' in the future tense?
Is there anything wrong in this sentence?
"I would go to work tomorrow if the buses were plying."
I know it is not wrong to use 'would' in hypothetical sentences in the past and present tense:
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