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Inversion of Conditionals
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Mishuna
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Thanks for posting this topic!!! I didn �t know this and it was very useful...
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25 Aug 2009
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alexa09
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Those examples are formal and literary styles, If you asre teaching and making it clear to your ssts that is FORMAL and LITERARY, then it �s okay, if not waht other teaches told you is the correct, with the word "If" . You dont talk in "everyday english" in formal and literary styles!
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25 Aug 2009
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Tere-arg
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I agree with Zora
They are rather formal, but not restricted to literary styles.
They are used to emphasize:
If it had not been for the dog, I�d have got lost.
Hadn�t it been for the dog, I would have lost.
Other cases:
I did finish the work on time! (simple statements)
Never did I imagine I would see him graduate as a lawyer so soon. (with some negative adverb at the beginning)
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25 Aug 2009
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cookingongas
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Wow, I �ve never heard if inverted conditionals!
But I know how they work. I �ve nothing to add to the above, except this:
Should I find a wallet, I �d almost certainly take it straight to a restaurant and order dinner.
It �s pretty formal though. Were I to speak like that, I �d get funny looks. Should I write it though, I �d look really clever!
By the way, Tere-arg - look at Goodnesses´ earlier post on this - no contractions!
Had it not been for the dog, I would have been lost.
All the best,
Charles. |
25 Aug 2009
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