October 13, 2011

Conditional Sentence


My structure lecturer for this semester is quite different. She always ask us to do mind mapping before come to her class. And if we don't, her fury will be damned upon us. Scary as hell. So, for this week, we are studying about conditional sentence. So far, we've learnt about conditional sentence in present and past forms, now come the brothers, progressive and mixed time.

From what i could understand from the book, progressive form in conditional sentence are used when the conditional situation is happening.

Example:
Situation : It's raining right now, so i will not go for a walk.
Conditional: If it were not raining right now, i would go for a walk.

And for the mixed time forms, if-clause and result clause are sometime have different places in time. It could be the if-clause is in the present form and the result-clause in the past form, or vice versa. But, something important you have to remember is the tenses pattern. If situation or true sentence are in present form and past form, the conditional sentence will be in past form and past perfect form, or vice versa.

Example:
Situation : I did not eat breakfast this morning, so i am hungry now.
Conditional: If i'd eaten breakfast this morning, i wouldn't be hungry.

Well, this is my understanding about how progressive verb and mixed time works on conditional sentences. I know, i might be missing something here. So, feel free to correct me on this all the time.

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