In other words, the opposite of these statements is always true. It's called the unreal conditional because you are imagining an unreal (fictional) situation. If someone says, "If I were tall, I would play basketball", then we know that they arenottall. If someone says, "If I had a ...
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From Language to Thought: Unreal Conditionals and Counterfactual Thinking in Early China In this kind of reasoning, which is expressed through the use of unreal conditional sentences, i.e. statements such as "if it were not for X, there... I Buljan - 《Filozofska Istraživanja》 被引量:...
Which of the following sentences does not contain an unreal conditional of mixed time? A、If I had time, I would certainly go to the movie with you. B、If you hesitated this moment, you might suffer in future. C、I Mary should arrive today, she must have started three days ago....
When we present unreal or less certain possibilities with “suppose,” we use a past verb form. In fact, I did so a few minutes ago. Listen to two examples. Which sounds less realistic? You’ll recognize one of them: Suppose you have trouble with your computer and drop it off for rep...