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Subjunctive Conditionals #1 (If I were, I would…)


by Brandon Giampa, in Conditionals, Featured, Grammar, Subjunctive

Subjunctive tense is making suppositions that do not match reality, while conditionals are if statements. Subjunctive conditionals have similar form, except: 1) in the if clause you use subjunctive tense, and 2) in the antecedent you use would (or could) + infinitive…

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