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Are these sentences correct? 1) You wouldn't recognize her if you meet her now. 2) If she had received the message yesterday, she would have come right away. 3) What a pity you don't like such kind of music. 4) I wish I could skate! 5) If I were you, I wouldn't sell the car. 6) Unfortunately, they won't come today. 7) What will you do, when you broke? 8) He would have joined us, if hiss boss had allowed him to leave earlier. 9) If he had the facts, he would change his mind. 10) We could have a picnic, if our friends arrived tomorrow.
Nov 29, 2015 11:49 AM
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Are these sentences correct?

1) You wouldn't recognize her if you meet her now.     (Hypothetical situations require a past-tense verb.)

2) If she had received the message yesterday, she would have come right away. (Looks good!)
3) What a pity you don't like such kind of music.  (Sounds very formal but grammatical.)
4) I wish I could skate!      (Sounds good!)
5) If I were you, I wouldn't sell the car.  (Americans sometimes use "was" instead of "were" in casual speech.)
6) Unfortunately, they won't come today. (You could say, "they won't be coming" to be a bit more formal.)
7) What will you do, when you (are?) broke?  (The "are" is required if you are saying you have no money.)
8) He would have joined us, if hiss boss had allowed him to leave earlier.  (You don't need a comma if you put the conditional last.)
9) If he had the facts, he would change his mind. (Sounds fine!) 
10) We could have a picnic, if our friends arrived tomorrow. (Sounds like your friends won't make it but grammatical.)

November 29, 2015
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Are these sentences correct?

1) You wouldn't recognize her if you were to meet- <em>to see</em> her now.
2) If she had received the message yesterday, she would have come right away.
3) What a pity you don't like that kind of music.
4) I wish I could skate!
5) If I were you, I wouldn't sell the car.
6) Unfortunately, they won't come today.
7) What will you do, when you are broke?
8) He would have joined us, if his boss had allowed him to leave earlier.(note just a spelling error)

9) If he had the facts, he would have changed his mind. (suggestion)
10) We could have a picnic, if our friends arrived tomorrow.  note: I would switch this around to say If our friends arrive tomorrow, We can have a picnic.

 

coloring is as folows:

 to be added or chaged to 


<em>t</em>his is for change part<em> </em>for example word -<em>change to</em>

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I tried to make notews too as some seemed ok or correct.

November 29, 2015
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Are these sentences correct?

1) You wouldn't recognize her if you met her now.
2) If she had received the message yesterday, she would have come right away.
3) What a pity you don't like such kind of music.
4) I wish I could skate!
5) If I were you, I wouldn't sell the car.
6) Unfortunately, they won't come today.
7) What will you do when you are broke?
8) He would have joined us if hiss his boss had allowed him to leave earlier.
9) If he had the facts, he would have change his mind.
10) We could have a picnic if our friends arrived tomorrow.

#7 is the only sentence I am confused on the exact meaning of. I made a suggestion based on what I thought the sentence's meaning was. If you could clarify, I could be of more help.

Also, for #3 I would personally replace "such" with "this" or "that". While not incorrect, using "such" in ths specific way is a little awkward sounding (just my opinion).
Overall, as you can see, only a few corrections were made- good job!!

November 29, 2015
Hypothetical conditionals are hard but you seem to have a good understanding of them! Just a reminder: "You broke." - You might be a robot and stopped working. "You are broke." - You don't have any money. Keep studying hard and good luck!
November 29, 2015
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