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- 23kon0
.... and likes to use it to bang all night
lol
- rafalski0
how about this:
if i were a carpenter, would you marry me?
would you have married me when i was a carpenter?
see the difference?
paraselene
(Nov 9 06, 05:53)parsalene ... good examples!
aliceblue
(Nov 9 06, 05:56)it would be nice if both examples had an "if I", wouldn't it?
Would we be married today if I was a carpenter back then?
Am I right, or does this sentence call for a past/present perfect combination?
- paraselene0
the if is what makes it a conditional clause, hence the 'were'.
so it would actually be:
Would we be married today if I were a carpenter back then?
- mpfree0
None of the above.
C. T-Rex, is the answer.
He ate the Pterodactilus and started the first Paleo-KFC.
- rafalski0
Right.. but there still are if-was situations, no?
Did you know if I was a carpenter before you married me?
- ********0
if-were is the thing, then.
i wouldn't have come here, if i weren't a lazy grammar bastard.
- ********0
doesn't sound that good.
- paraselene0
did you know if i was...
hm...
i would have said whether or not i was would be correct, but it's been a while since i had to stretch this particular variant of grey matter...
- rafalski0
Thanks paradactilus!
- ********0
it's in here somewhere...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub…
looks like it has to do with past indicative and past subjunctive... another bookmark.
thanks all.
- Visia0
If I were to have carpentered you a pterodactylis was you marry me?
- linearch0
if makes it conditional, therefore, it is always were.
same with "wish"....as in... i wish i were a carpenter......
- kelpie0
If I were to have carpentered you a pterodactylis was you marry me?
Visia
(Nov 9 06, 07:29)were I an English teacher, with a penchant for paleontology, I would have hit you with a ruler for that