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Wed 17 Apr, 2019 07:11 am
Good day, I hope that someone can please help me to check the accuracy of the following language analysis on the second conditional?
Example: If I were stranded on a desert island, I would be terrified!
Formula: If + past + would / could / might + verb
In positive sentences use:
IF + SUB + PAST SIMPLE + ......................................, SUB + WOULD + INFINITIVE.
If I got stranded on a desert island, I would be terrified.
Or
SUB + WOULD + INFINITIVE + IF + SUB + PAST SIMPLE …………………………………………...
I would be terrified if I got stranded on a desert island.
In negative sentences use:
IF + SUB + NOT + PAST SIMPLE + ....................., SUB + WOULD + NOT + INFINITIVE.
If I didn't get stranded on a desert island, I wouldn’t be terrified.
Or
SUB + WOULD + NOT + INFINITIVE, IF + SUB + NOT + PAST SIMPLE + .....................
I wouldn’t be terrified, if I didn’t get stranded on a desert island.
In questions use:
IF + SUB + PAST SIMPLE + ................................, WOULD + SUB + INFINITIVE?
If I were a castaway, would I survive?
Or
WOULD + SUB + INFINITIVE + IF + SUB + PAST SIMPLE + ................................?
Would I survive if I were a castaway?
Corrections from a grammar expert will be truly appreciated!
(To all) See what I mean?
@Petrarki
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@Petrarki,
There's nothing wrong with any of the examples you've given, they're all very good. Well done.