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tanguatlay
 
Reply Tue 29 Jun, 2021 09:21 pm
She chastised the two sons for acting in their interests rather than their father's and said "they have used their father's incapacity to try and wrest as much of his assets from him as possible".

She added: "'If he realised what's happening today, he'll be heartbroken."

Should it be "...he would be heartbroken" instead?

Thanks!
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hightor
 
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Reply Wed 30 Jun, 2021 02:43 am
@tanguatlay,
"...he would be heartbroken" is correct.

Realized is in the past tense so as is "would" .

But if it were said this way –

"If he "realises" what's happening today, he'll be heartbroken."

– "will" would be correct.

As in this example:

He said he would go tomorrow.

He says he will go tomorrow.

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Frank Apisa
 
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Reply Wed 30 Jun, 2021 03:03 am
@tanguatlay,
tanguatlay wrote:

She chastised the two sons for acting in their interests rather than their father's and said "they have used their father's incapacity to try and wrest as much of his assets from him as possible".

She added: "'If he realised what's happening today, he'll be heartbroken."

Should it be "...he would be heartbroken" instead?

Thanks!


Hightor is correct about that...but the thing that bothers me about the writing is the "...to try and wrest as much..." bit.

It should not be "to try and wrest" it should be "to try to wrest."

That use of "and" in that way is ignorant...although wide-spread.
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