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ivygreen



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:06 am    Post subject: about the past unreal conditional Reply with quote

Could you teach me how to change this sentence below with " if -clause".

[i]" I didn't know about the party. I wanted to go."[/i]


ex:

[i]" I wanted to buy that car, but I didn't have enough money then."[/i]

A: [u]If I had had more money, I'd have bought that car.[/u]




Is it a strange sentence if I say :

"If I had known about the party, I wouldn't have wanted to go." ?
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rice07



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi

It might be:

If I had known about the party, I would have wanted to go.

=Had I known about the party, I would have wanted to go.
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Bob S.



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PostPosted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:44 pm    Post subject: Re: about the past unreal conditional Reply with quote

ivygreen wrote:
Is it a strange sentence if I say :

"If I had known about the party, I wouldn't have wanted to go." ?
Not if you didn't really want to go to the party. It would be better to say:
Even if I had known about the party, I wouldn't have wanted to go (anyway).
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ivygreen



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PostPosted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 7:03 am    Post subject: Thank you Reply with quote

Dear rice07 & Bob S.


Thank you very much for answering my question.

I understand it. Thank you.
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