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| Autor: | Tiago T. |
| E-mail: | não-disponível |
| Data: | 18/DEZ/2006 1:58 PM |
| Assunto: | Third conditional problem |
| Mensagem: |
You have two options, depending on what you mean: Second conditional (unreal present condition): If I were in Brazil, I wouldn't do that. In this case, it is theoretically possible to fulfil the condition. In other words, the result could happen if a present situation were different. However, because you are not in Brazil (unreal present condition), the result won't meterialize. Third conditional (unreal past condition): If I had been in Brazil, I wouldn't have done that. In this case, it is impossible to fulfil the condition. In other words, you just speculate what could have happened if a past condition would have been different. You haven't been to Brazil, but you still wonder what would have happened if you had. Note: The sentence "If I were in Brazil, I wouldn't have done that" is not correct from a grammatical point of view. |
English Made in Brazil -- English, Portuguese, & contrastive linguistics
Third conditional problem – MAURICIO 17/DEZ/2006, 9:12 PM 
Third conditional problem – Tiago T. 18/DEZ/2006, 1:58 PM Third conditional problem – Tiago T. 18/DEZ/2006, 5:29 PM Third conditional problem – pat 19/DEZ/2006, 10:39 AM Third conditional no problem – E. Sperto 19/DEZ/2006, 6:17 PM Third conditional no problem – Tiago T. 20/DEZ/2006, 12:17 AM Third conditional no problem – M Rob 20/DEZ/2006, 2:50 AM Third conditional no problem – pat 20/DEZ/2006, 10:23 AM Third conditional no problem – Tiago T. 20/DEZ/2006, 2:57 PM Third conditional no problem – Josi 20/DEZ/2006, 3:59 PM Third conditional no problem – Johannes 20/DEZ/2006, 8:28 PM Third conditional no problem – pat 20/DEZ/2006, 9:49 PM Third conditional no problem – M Rob 20/DEZ/2006, 10:50 PM