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Usage: Tense [Should/Would] [#permalink]
 25 Dec 2005, 20:21
Which is the correct sentence? Please explain.
a) If I were you, I should get that car serviced.
b) If I were you, I would have got that car serviced.
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Brajesh
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Whenever you are talking about a hypothetical situation, you should use were and would. e.g. If I were rich, I would quit my job.
Based on this, b is right
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Thanks plsubbu for your reply.
However I have still one more doubt.
Can't I say, "If I were rich, I would have quit my job."
So when do we use "would" and when do we use "would have"?
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Brajesh
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b14kumar wrote: Thanks plsubbu for your reply.
However I have still one more doubt.
Can't I say, "If I were rich, I would have quit my job."
So when do we use "would" and when do we use "would have"?
Regards,
Brajesh
b14kumar, maybe this will help you
Present:
Will + (base verb)
E.g. If I win the lottery, I will give half the money to GMATClub
Past tense:
Past tense + (would/could + base verb)
E.g. If I won the lottery, I would give half the money to GMATClub
Past perfect:
Past perfect + (would/could + have + past participle)
E.g. If I had won the lottery, I would have given the money to GMATClub
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Hi TeHCM,
Thanks for the reply.
Could you please tell me whether following sentences are right or wrong?
a) "If I was a rich man, I would have quit my job"
b) "If I had been a rich man, I would have quit my job"
Also give some explainations.
Regards,
Brajesh
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b14kumar wrote: Hi TeHCM,
Thanks for the reply.
Could you please tell me whether following sentences are right or wrong?
a) "If I was a rich man, I would have quit my job"
b) "If I had been a rich man, I would have quit my job"
Also give some explainations.
Regards,
Brajesh
a) should read "If I were a rich man, I would have quit my job". Subjuntive sentences take "were" regardless.
b) I think its fine.
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