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vinc1014
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 Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:17 pm Post subject: a question about subjunctive mood |
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Dear teachers,
Please help me out of the following trouble.
Here is the passage from my English textbook :
A colleague called me some time ago to ask if I would act as a referee to
help settle an argument about the grading of an examination question. My
colleague wanted to give a student a zero for his answer to a physics
question, while the student claimed he should receive a perfect score
and would do so if the system were not set up against him.
Can I change the last part of the paragragh into:
.... he should receive a perfect score and would do so if the system had
not been set up against him?
If it is acceptable, what is the difference in terms of meaning?
Thanks for yor help |
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educe22
Joined: 14 Jan 2011
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Location: Fort Worth, TX
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IMHO: I think the change is acceptable and there is no difference in meaning.
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asterix
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 6:55 am Post subject: |
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| The sentence is correct as originally written; why change it? |
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