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yanakoleva77

Can you help me

Which one is right:

If she doesn �t like/ didn �t like it, she wouldn �t have bought it.

3 Nov 2009

dufffy

If she didn �t like it!

3 Nov 2009

dufffy

If she doesn �t like it she won �t buy it! Present with will /won �t

If she didn �t like it she wouldn �t buy ! Past with would /wouldn �t

3 Nov 2009

yanakoleva77

Thank you!

3 Nov 2009

julianbr

if she doesn �t like it, she doesn �t buy it .. general

if she doesn �t like it, she won �t buy it .. specific

if she didn �t like it, she wouldn �t buy it .. hypothetical

if she hadn �t liked it, she wouldn �t have bought it .. past

what do you want to say .. ??

3 Nov 2009

yanakoleva77

This is an ex. in my student �s book and I must choose the correct answer.

And I think that in this example has a mistake. The example is :

If she doesn �t like/ didn �t like it, she wouldn �t have bought it.

And I can �t choose the correct answer.

3 Nov 2009

discretissime

I would say like julianbr "if she hadn �t liked it, she wouldn �t have bought it".

3 Nov 2009

anaisabel001

I think the answer is :If she didn �t like it, she wouldn �t have bought it.

Conditional Sentences Type II (unlikely)

Condition refers to:	IF Clause		Main Clause
present / future event	Simple Past	If I had a lot of money, �	Conditional I	�I would travel around the world.
consequence in the past	Simple Past	If I knew him, �	Conditional II	�I would have said hello.

3 Nov 2009

Malvine

I agree with julianbr and discretissime - if she hadn �t liked it, she wouldn �t have bought it - because it refers to the past (= she liked it, that �s why she bought it).

Another example:

- Shall I buy that dress?

- Do you like it?

- Not very.

- Then why buy it? If I didn �t like something, I wouldn �t buy it. (Refers to hypothetical PRESENT.)

3 Nov 2009

vickyvar

I agree that it seems wrong as a conditional sentence type 2 or 3, but I think it �s a case of mixed conditionals and the correct answer is "If she didn �t like it, she wouldn �t have bought it." It still makes sense this way.

3 Nov 2009

Zora

You could say...

"If she doesn �t like it, then she shouldn �t have bought it." Smile

3 Nov 2009

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